Bar charts are important tools for creating comparative visualizations of discrete data. Matplotlib makes it easy to create these powerful plots.

Code Example

Use the plt.barh() function to create a horizontal bar plot in Matplotlib.

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

labels = ['Amy', 'Rob', 'Dimitri', 'Sarah', 'Brian']
values = [60, 56, 63, 75, 48]

# Create horizontal bar plot here
plt.barh(labels, values)

plt.ylabel('Typing Speed (wpm)')
plt.show()

To create a vertical bar plot, take a look at this article.