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Interactive Bar Charts

Basic bar chart

Interactive bar
import pandas as pd
import plotly.express as px
 
df = pd.DataFrame({
    "city": ["Pune", "Delhi", "Mumbai", "Bengaluru"],
    "sales": [120, 180, 90, 160],
})
 
fig = px.bar(df, x="city", y="sales", title="Sales by city")
fig.show()
Interactive bar
import pandas as pd
import plotly.express as px
 
df = pd.DataFrame({
    "city": ["Pune", "Delhi", "Mumbai", "Bengaluru"],
    "sales": [120, 180, 90, 160],
})
 
fig = px.bar(df, x="city", y="sales", title="Sales by city")
fig.show()

Sorted bars

Sorted bar
import pandas as pd
import plotly.express as px
 
df = pd.DataFrame({
    "city": ["Pune", "Delhi", "Mumbai", "Bengaluru"],
    "sales": [120, 180, 90, 160],
}).sort_values("sales", ascending=False)
 
fig = px.bar(df, x="city", y="sales", title="Sales by city (sorted)")
fig.show()
Sorted bar
import pandas as pd
import plotly.express as px
 
df = pd.DataFrame({
    "city": ["Pune", "Delhi", "Mumbai", "Bengaluru"],
    "sales": [120, 180, 90, 160],
}).sort_values("sales", ascending=False)
 
fig = px.bar(df, x="city", y="sales", title="Sales by city (sorted)")
fig.show()

Horizontal bar

Horizontal
import plotly.express as px
 
fig = px.bar(df, x="sales", y="city", orientation="h", title="Sales by city")
fig.show()
Horizontal
import plotly.express as px
 
fig = px.bar(df, x="sales", y="city", orientation="h", title="Sales by city")
fig.show()

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