.. _pylab_examples-broken_barh:

pylab_examples example code: broken_barh.py
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.. plot:: /home/mandrake/rpm/BUILD/matplotlib-1.1.1/doc/mpl_examples/pylab_examples/broken_barh.py

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    """
    Make a "broken" horizontal bar plot, ie one with gaps
    """
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    
    fig = plt.figure()
    ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
    ax.broken_barh([ (110, 30), (150, 10) ] , (10, 9), facecolors='blue')
    ax.broken_barh([ (10, 50), (100, 20),  (130, 10)] , (20, 9),
                    facecolors=('red', 'yellow', 'green'))
    ax.set_ylim(5,35)
    ax.set_xlim(0,200)
    ax.set_xlabel('seconds since start')
    ax.set_yticks([15,25])
    ax.set_yticklabels(['Bill', 'Jim'])
    ax.grid(True)
    ax.annotate('race interrupted', (61, 25),
                xytext=(0.8, 0.9), textcoords='axes fraction',
                arrowprops=dict(facecolor='black', shrink=0.05),
                fontsize=16,
                horizontalalignment='right', verticalalignment='top')
    
    plt.show()
    

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