import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import matplotlib.patches as patches import matplotlib.path as path
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
# Fixing random state for reproducibility np.random.seed(19680801)
# histogram our data with numpy
data = np.random.randn(1000) n, bins = np.histogram(data, 50)
# get the corners of the rectangles for the histogram left = np.array(bins[:-1]) right = np.array(bins[1:]) bottom = np.zeros(len(left)) top = bottom + n
# we need a (numrects x numsides x 2) numpy array for the path helper # function to build a compound path XY = np.array([[left, left, right, right], [bottom, top, top, bottom]]).T
# get the Path object barpath = path.Path.make_compound_path_from_polys(XY)
# make a patch out of it patch = patches.PathPatch(barpath) ax.add_patch(patch)
# update the view limits ax.set_xlim(left[0], right[-1]) ax.set_ylim(bottom.min(), top.max())