I would like to have 2 histograms to appear on the same plot (with different colors, and possibly differente alphas). I tried
import random
x = pd.DataFrame([random.gauss(3,1) for _ in range(400)])
y = pd.DataFrame([random.gauss(4,2) for _ in range(400)])
x.hist( alpha=0.5, label='x')
y.hist(alpha=0.5, label='y')
x.plot(kind='kde', style='k--')
y.plot(kind='kde', style='k--')
plt.legend(loc='upper right')
plt.show()
This produces the result in 4 different plots. How can I have them on the same one?
If I understood correctly, both hists should go into the same subplot. So it should be
fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
_ = ax.hist(x.values)
_ = ax.hist(y.values, color='red', alpha=.3)
You can also pass the pandas plot method an axis object, so if you want both kde's in another plot do:
fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
x.plot(kind='kde', ax=ax)
y.plot(kind='kde', ax=ax, color='red')
To get everything into a single plot you need two different y-scales since kde is density and histogram is frequency. For that you use the axes.twinx()
command.
fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
_ = ax.hist(x.values)
_ = ax.hist(y.values, color='red', alpha=.3)
ax1 = ax.twinx()
x.plot(kind='kde', ax=ax1)
y.plot(kind='kde', ax=ax1, color='red')
You can use plt.figure() and the function add_subplot(): the first 2 arguments are the number of rows and cols you want in your plot, the last is the position of the subplot in the plot.
fig = plt.figure()
subplot = fig.add_subplot(1, 2, 1)
subplot.hist(x.ix[:,0], alpha=0.5)
subplot = fig.add_subplot(1, 2, 2)
subplot.hist(y.ix[:,0], alpha=0.5)
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