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.. TO MAKE CHANGES, EDIT THE SOURCE PYTHON FILE:
.. "gallery/pyplots/boxplot_demo_pyplot.py"
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.. only:: html

    .. note::
        :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

        Click :ref:`here <sphx_glr_download_gallery_pyplots_boxplot_demo_pyplot.py>`
        to download the full example code

.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_gallery_pyplots_boxplot_demo_pyplot.py:


============
Boxplot Demo
============

Example boxplot code

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.. code-block:: default


    import numpy as np
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

    # Fixing random state for reproducibility
    np.random.seed(19680801)

    # fake up some data
    spread = np.random.rand(50) * 100
    center = np.ones(25) * 50
    flier_high = np.random.rand(10) * 100 + 100
    flier_low = np.random.rand(10) * -100
    data = np.concatenate((spread, center, flier_high, flier_low))








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.. code-block:: default


    fig1, ax1 = plt.subplots()
    ax1.set_title('Basic Plot')
    ax1.boxplot(data)




.. image:: /gallery/pyplots/images/sphx_glr_boxplot_demo_pyplot_001.png
    :alt: Basic Plot
    :class: sphx-glr-single-img


.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out

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 .. code-block:: none


    {'whiskers': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfb10e580>, <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfb10eac0>], 'caps': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfb0df220>, <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfb0df250>], 'boxes': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfb10e910>], 'medians': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfb0de100>], 'fliers': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfb0deee0>], 'means': []}



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.. code-block:: default


    fig2, ax2 = plt.subplots()
    ax2.set_title('Notched boxes')
    ax2.boxplot(data, notch=True)




.. image:: /gallery/pyplots/images/sphx_glr_boxplot_demo_pyplot_002.png
    :alt: Notched boxes
    :class: sphx-glr-single-img


.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out

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 .. code-block:: none


    {'whiskers': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfa9abe80>, <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfa9ab970>], 'caps': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfb395a30>, <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfb88ad60>], 'boxes': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfb85ea30>], 'medians': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfb88aaf0>], 'fliers': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfa9786d0>], 'means': []}



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.. code-block:: default


    green_diamond = dict(markerfacecolor='g', marker='D')
    fig3, ax3 = plt.subplots()
    ax3.set_title('Changed Outlier Symbols')
    ax3.boxplot(data, flierprops=green_diamond)




.. image:: /gallery/pyplots/images/sphx_glr_boxplot_demo_pyplot_003.png
    :alt: Changed Outlier Symbols
    :class: sphx-glr-single-img


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 .. code-block:: none


    {'whiskers': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfb1943a0>, <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfb1946a0>], 'caps': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfb194220>, <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfa864c70>], 'boxes': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfb194eb0>], 'medians': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfa864af0>], 'fliers': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfa864b80>], 'means': []}



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.. code-block:: default


    fig4, ax4 = plt.subplots()
    ax4.set_title('Hide Outlier Points')
    ax4.boxplot(data, showfliers=False)




.. image:: /gallery/pyplots/images/sphx_glr_boxplot_demo_pyplot_004.png
    :alt: Hide Outlier Points
    :class: sphx-glr-single-img


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 .. code-block:: none


    {'whiskers': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfb5ee0d0>, <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfb6170d0>], 'caps': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfb617430>, <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfb617790>], 'boxes': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfb5ee7f0>], 'medians': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfb617af0>], 'fliers': [], 'means': []}



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.. code-block:: default


    red_square = dict(markerfacecolor='r', marker='s')
    fig5, ax5 = plt.subplots()
    ax5.set_title('Horizontal Boxes')
    ax5.boxplot(data, vert=False, flierprops=red_square)




.. image:: /gallery/pyplots/images/sphx_glr_boxplot_demo_pyplot_005.png
    :alt: Horizontal Boxes
    :class: sphx-glr-single-img


.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out

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    {'whiskers': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfb0cad00>, <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfb6433d0>], 'caps': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfb643730>, <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfb643700>], 'boxes': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfb0ca9d0>], 'medians': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfb643fd0>], 'fliers': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfb643b20>], 'means': []}



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.. code-block:: default


    fig6, ax6 = plt.subplots()
    ax6.set_title('Shorter Whisker Length')
    ax6.boxplot(data, flierprops=red_square, vert=False, whis=0.75)




.. image:: /gallery/pyplots/images/sphx_glr_boxplot_demo_pyplot_006.png
    :alt: Shorter Whisker Length
    :class: sphx-glr-single-img


.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out

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 .. code-block:: none


    {'whiskers': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfa84ddf0>, <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfa968b50>], 'caps': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfa968d90>, <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfa9680d0>], 'boxes': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfa84da90>], 'medians': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfa968a90>], 'fliers': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fcbfa9683a0>], 'means': []}



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Fake up some more data

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.. code-block:: default


    spread = np.random.rand(50) * 100
    center = np.ones(25) * 40
    flier_high = np.random.rand(10) * 100 + 100
    flier_low = np.random.rand(10) * -100
    d2 = np.concatenate((spread, center, flier_high, flier_low))








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Making a 2-D array only works if all the columns are the
same length.  If they are not, then use a list instead.
This is actually more efficient because boxplot converts
a 2-D array into a list of vectors internally anyway.

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.. code-block:: default


    data = [data, d2, d2[::2]]
    fig7, ax7 = plt.subplots()
    ax7.set_title('Multiple Samples with Different sizes')
    ax7.boxplot(data)

    plt.show()




.. image:: /gallery/pyplots/images/sphx_glr_boxplot_demo_pyplot_007.png
    :alt: Multiple Samples with Different sizes
    :class: sphx-glr-single-img





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------------

References
""""""""""

The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown
in this example:

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.. code-block:: default


    import matplotlib
    matplotlib.axes.Axes.boxplot
    matplotlib.pyplot.boxplot




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 Out:

 .. code-block:: none


    <function boxplot at 0x7fcc0231ddc0>




.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-timing

   **Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes  2.746 seconds)


.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_pyplots_boxplot_demo_pyplot.py:


.. only :: html

 .. container:: sphx-glr-footer
    :class: sphx-glr-footer-example



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python

     :download:`Download Python source code: boxplot_demo_pyplot.py <boxplot_demo_pyplot.py>`



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter

     :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: boxplot_demo_pyplot.ipynb <boxplot_demo_pyplot.ipynb>`


.. only:: html

 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot
    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery
    <https://sphinx-gallery.readthedocs.io>`_
