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import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt


n_groups = 5

means_men = (20, 35, 30, 35, 27)
std_men = (2, 3, 4, 1, 2)

means_women = (25, 32, 34, 20, 25)
std_women = (3, 5, 2, 3, 3)

fig, ax = plt.subplots()

index = np.arange(n_groups)
bar_width = 0.35

opacity = 0.4
error_config = {'ecolor': '0.3'}

rects1 = plt.bar(index, means_men, bar_width,
                 alpha=opacity,
                 color='b',
                 yerr=std_men,
                 error_kw=error_config,
                 label='Men')

rects2 = plt.bar(index + bar_width, means_women, bar_width,
                 alpha=opacity,
                 color='r',
                 yerr=std_women,
                 error_kw=error_config,
                 label='Women')

plt.xlabel('Group')
plt.ylabel('Scores')
plt.title('Scores by group and gender')
plt.xticks(index + bar_width, ('A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E'))
plt.legend()

plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()

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N = 5
menMeans = (20, 35, 30, 35, 27)
womenMeans = (25, 32, 34, 20, 25)
menStd = (2, 3, 4, 1, 2)
womenStd = (3, 5, 2, 3, 3)
ind = np.arange(N)    # the x locations for the groups
width = 0.35       # the width of the bars: can also be len(x) sequence

p1 = plt.bar(ind, menMeans, width, color='r', yerr=menStd)
p2 = plt.bar(ind, womenMeans, width, color='y',
             bottom=menMeans, yerr=womenStd)

plt.ylabel('Scores')
plt.title('Scores by group and gender')
plt.xticks(ind + width/2., ('G1', 'G2', 'G3', 'G4', 'G5'))
plt.yticks(np.arange(0, 81, 10))
plt.legend((p1[0], p2[0]), ('Men', 'Women'))
plt.show()

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