python – matplotlib: Group boxplots

python – matplotlib: Group boxplots

How about using colors to differentiate between apples and oranges and spacing to separate A, B and C?

Something like this:

from pylab import plot, show, savefig, xlim, figure, 
                hold, ylim, legend, boxplot, setp, axes

# function for setting the colors of the box plots pairs
def setBoxColors(bp):
    setp(bp[boxes][0], color=blue)
    setp(bp[caps][0], color=blue)
    setp(bp[caps][1], color=blue)
    setp(bp[whiskers][0], color=blue)
    setp(bp[whiskers][1], color=blue)
    setp(bp[fliers][0], color=blue)
    setp(bp[fliers][1], color=blue)
    setp(bp[medians][0], color=blue)

    setp(bp[boxes][1], color=red)
    setp(bp[caps][2], color=red)
    setp(bp[caps][3], color=red)
    setp(bp[whiskers][2], color=red)
    setp(bp[whiskers][3], color=red)
    setp(bp[fliers][2], color=red)
    setp(bp[fliers][3], color=red)
    setp(bp[medians][1], color=red)

# Some fake data to plot
A= [[1, 2, 5,],  [7, 2]]
B = [[5, 7, 2, 2, 5], [7, 2, 5]]
C = [[3,2,5,7], [6, 7, 3]]

fig = figure()
ax = axes()
hold(True)

# first boxplot pair
bp = boxplot(A, positions = [1, 2], widths = 0.6)
setBoxColors(bp)

# second boxplot pair
bp = boxplot(B, positions = [4, 5], widths = 0.6)
setBoxColors(bp)

# thrid boxplot pair
bp = boxplot(C, positions = [7, 8], widths = 0.6)
setBoxColors(bp)

# set axes limits and labels
xlim(0,9)
ylim(0,9)
ax.set_xticklabels([A, B, C])
ax.set_xticks([1.5, 4.5, 7.5])

# draw temporary red and blue lines and use them to create a legend
hB, = plot([1,1],b-)
hR, = plot([1,1],r-)
legend((hB, hR),(Apples, Oranges))
hB.set_visible(False)
hR.set_visible(False)

savefig(boxcompare.png)
show()

Here is my version. It stores data based on categories.

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

data_a = [[1,2,5], [5,7,2,2,5], [7,2,5]]
data_b = [[6,4,2], [1,2,5,3,2], [2,3,5,1]]

ticks = [A, B, C]

def set_box_color(bp, color):
    plt.setp(bp[boxes], color=color)
    plt.setp(bp[whiskers], color=color)
    plt.setp(bp[caps], color=color)
    plt.setp(bp[medians], color=color)

plt.figure()

bpl = plt.boxplot(data_a, positions=np.array(xrange(len(data_a)))*2.0-0.4, sym=, widths=0.6)
bpr = plt.boxplot(data_b, positions=np.array(xrange(len(data_b)))*2.0+0.4, sym=, widths=0.6)
set_box_color(bpl, #D7191C) # colors are from http://colorbrewer2.org/
set_box_color(bpr, #2C7BB6)

# draw temporary red and blue lines and use them to create a legend
plt.plot([], c=#D7191C, label=Apples)
plt.plot([], c=#2C7BB6, label=Oranges)
plt.legend()

plt.xticks(xrange(0, len(ticks) * 2, 2), ticks)
plt.xlim(-2, len(ticks)*2)
plt.ylim(0, 8)
plt.tight_layout()
plt.savefig(boxcompare.png)

I am short of reputation so I cannot post an image to here.
You can run it and see the result. Basically its very similar to what Molly did.

Note that, depending on the version of python you are using, you may need to replace xrange with range

python – matplotlib: Group boxplots

A simple way would be to use pandas.
I adapted an example from the plotting documentation:

In [1]: import pandas as pd, numpy as np

In [2]: df = pd.DataFrame(np.random.rand(12,2), columns=[Apples, Oranges] )

In [3]: df[Categories] = pd.Series(list(AAAABBBBCCCC))

In [4]: pd.options.display.mpl_style = default

In [5]: df.boxplot(by=Categories)
Out[5]: 
array([<matplotlib.axes.AxesSubplot object at 0x51a5190>,
       <matplotlib.axes.AxesSubplot object at 0x53fddd0>], dtype=object)