How to set axis values in matplotlib

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This is my first attempt to use matplotlib and failing... I have lists of data as:

years = [1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014]

temps = [14.11, 7.54, 5.22, 3.81, 2.9, 2.7, 2.4, 1.82, 1.66, 1.52, 1.34, 1.19, 1.12, 1.17, 1.04, 0.87, 0.87, 0.89, 0.76, 0.75, 0.73, 0.72, 0.69, 0.64, 0.62, 0.62, 0.6, 0.64, 0.53, 0.49]

years should be the x-axis and the temps should be the y-axis. Can't figure it how.

`plt.hist([temps, years], bins=10)
plt.title('Temp_histogram')
plt.xlabel('year')
plt.ylabel('temp')
plt.grid(True)
plt.show()`

Isn't it what you've done already ? Given your histogram plot I d'ont understand your question ... — MMF
– MMF, Commented Oct 4, 2016 at 18:21
No, We should only see the values of temp in the histogram fluctuating, not both of them in the histogram. At the end, I would like to see the temperature data histogram over the years — Leustad
– Leustad, Commented Oct 4, 2016 at 18:22

ImportanceOfBeingErnest · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-04 19:09:44Z

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Are you sure that you want a histogram and not a simple bar chart? Something like this:

plt.bar(years,temps, 1, color='r')
plt.title('Temp_histogram')
plt.xlabel('year')
plt.ylabel('temp')
plt.grid(True)
plt.show()

If you really want a histogram then think about (or tell us) by what quantity (a quantitiy is a physical entity, like "year" or "temp" in this case) you want to group the data.

edited Oct 4, 2016 at 19:09

answered Oct 4, 2016 at 18:52

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