Matplotlib.pyplot.broken_barh() in Python

Last Updated : 21 Apr, 2020

Matplotlib is one of the most popular Python packages used for data visualization. It is a cross-platform library for making 2D plots from data in arrays. Pyplot is a collection of command style functions that make matplotlib work like MATLAB.

matplotlib.pyplot.broken_barh()

The function broken_barh() is used to Plot a horizontal sequence of rectangles.A rectangle is drawn for each component of xranges which consists of a sequence of tuples. All rectangles have the same vertical position and estimate characterized by yrange.

Syntax: matplotlib.pyplot.broken_barh(xranges, yrange, *, data=None, **kwargs)

Parameters:

xranges : sequence of tuples (xmin, xwidth)
Each tuples gives the position(xmin) of the rectangle and it’s horizontal extension(xwidth) from that position.

yranges : (ymin, ymax)
In the above attribute, ymin gives the position of the rectangle and ymax gives the vertical extension from ymin.

Returns:

BrokenBarHCollection: A collection of horizontal bars spanning yrange with a sequence of xranges.

Examples to illustrate the matplotlib.pyplot.broken_barh() function are as follows:
Example 1:

# importing module 
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt 
  
  
# Adding title to the plot 
plt.title('GEEKSFORGEEKS - EXAMPLE') 
  
# adding x axis label to the plot 
plt.xlabel('x-label') 
  
# label for y axis  for the plot 
plt.ylabel('y-label') 
  
x_1 = [(1, 4), (10, 7)] 
y_1 = (2, 2) 
  
# Plotting the chart 
plt.broken_barh(x_1, y_1, facecolors ='green') 
  
x_2 = [(10, 1), (15, 4), (25, 6)] 
y_2 = (6, 2) 
  
# Plotting the chart 
plt.broken_barh(x_2, y_2, facecolors ='cyan') 
  
plt.show() 

Output :
graph

Example 2:

# importing module 
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt 
  
  
# Adding title to the plot 
plt.title('GEEKSFORGEEKS - EXAMPLE') 
  
# adding x axis label to the plot 
plt.xlabel('Number of Cars') 
  
# label for y axis  for the plot 
plt.ylabel('Average Speed') 
  
x_1 = [(10, 3), (15, 4)] 
y_1 = (50, 10) 
  
# Plotting the chart 
plt.broken_barh(x_1, y_1, facecolors ='cyan') 
  
x_2 = [(1, 4), (10, 1), (15, 4), (25, 6)] 
y_2 = (70, 10) 
  
# Plotting the chart 
plt.broken_barh(x_2, y_2, facecolors ='green') 
  
x_3 = [(5, 3), (11, 2), (18, 5)] 
y_3 = (90, 10) 
  
# Plotting the chart 
plt.broken_barh(x_3, y_3, facecolors ='blue') 
  
plt.show() 