Matplotlib table plot, how to add gap between the graph and table

Question

How to add gap between the graph and table when plotting table in Matplotlib?

This is my code:

import pandas as pd
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

dc = pd.DataFrame({'A' : [1, 2, 3, 4],'B' : [4, 3, 2, 1],'C' : [3, 4, 2, 2]})

plt.plot(dc)
plt.legend(dc.columns)
dcsummary = pd.DataFrame([dc.mean(), dc.sum()],index=['Mean','Total'])

plt.table(cellText=dcsummary.values,colWidths = [0.25]*len(dc.columns),
        rowLabels=dcsummary.index,
        colLabels=dcsummary.columns,
        cellLoc = 'center', rowLoc = 'center',
        loc='bottom')
# loc='top'
fig = plt.gcf()

plt.show()

and the result looks like this:

I.e., the table header is in the way of x-labels.
How to add gap between the graph and table? Thanks

Answer 1

You should use bbox argument:

plt.table(cellText=dcsummary.values,colWidths = [0.25]*len(dc.columns),
rowLabels=dcsummary.index,
colLabels=dcsummary.columns,
cellLoc = 'center', rowLoc = 'center',
loc='bottom', bbox=[0.25, -0.5, 0.5, 0.3])