I am new to Matplotlib, and as I am learning how to draw box plot in python, I was wondering if there is a way to show mean in the box plots?
Below is my code..
from pylab import *
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
data1=np.random.rand(100,1)
data2=np.random.rand(100,1)
data_to_plot=[data1,data2]
#Create a figure instance
fig = plt.figure(1, figsize=(9, 6))
# Create an axes instance
axes = fig.add_subplot(111)
# Create the boxplot
bp = axes.boxplot(data_to_plot,**showmeans=True**)
Even though I have showmean flag on, it gives me the following error.
TypeError: boxplot() got an unexpected keyword argument 'showmeans'
解决方案
This is a minimal example and produces the desired result:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
data_to_plot = np.random.rand(100,5)
fig = plt.figure(1, figsize=(9, 6))
ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
bp = ax.boxplot(data_to_plot, showmeans=True)
plt.show()
EDIT:
If you want to achieve the same with matplotlib version 1.3.1 you'll have to plot the means manually. This is an example of how to do it:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
data_to_plot = np.random.rand(100,5)
positions = np.arange(5) + 1
fig, ax = plt.subplots(1,2, figsize=(9,4))
# matplotlib > 1.4
bp = ax[0].boxplot(data_to_plot, positions=positions, showmeans=True)
ax[0].set_title("Using showmeans")
#matpltolib < 1.4
bp = ax[1].boxplot(data_to_plot, positions=positions)
means = [np.mean(data) for data in data_to_plot.T]
ax[1].plot(positions, means, 'rs')
ax[1].set_title("Plotting means manually")
plt.show()
Result: