I am beginner in Python. I have a Series with Date and count of some observation as below
Date Count
2003 10
2005 50
2015 12
2004 12
2003 15
2008 10
2004 05
I wanted to plot a graph to find out the count against the year with a Bar graph (x axis as year and y axis being count) . I am using the below code
import pandas as pd
pd.value_counts(sfdf.Date_year).plot(kind='bar')
I am getting the bar graph which is automatically sorted on the count. So I am not able to clearly visualize how the count is distributed over the years. Is there any way we can stop sorting the data on the bar graph on the count and instead sort on the x axis values (i,e year)?
The following code uses groupby()
to join the multiple instances of the same year together, and then calls sum()
on the groupby() object to sum it up. By default groupby()
pushes the grouped object to the dataframe index. I think that groupby()
automatically sorts, but just in case, sort(axis=0)
will sort the index. All that then remains is to plot. All in one line:
df = pd.DataFrame([[2003,10],[2005,50],[2015,12],[2004,12],[2003,15],[2008,10],[2004,5]],columns=['Date','Count'])
df.groupby('Date').sum().sort(axis=0).plot(kind='bar')
I know this is an old question, but in case someone is still looking for another answer.
I solved this by adding .sort_index(axis=0)
So, instead of this:
pd.value_counts(sfdf.Date_year).plot(kind='bar')
you can write this:
pd.value_counts(sfdf.Date_year).sort_index(axis=0).plot(kind='bar')
Hope, this helps.
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