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        to download the full example code.

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.. _sphx_glr_intro_matplotlib_auto_examples_pretty_plots_plot_boxplot_ext.py:


Boxplot with matplotlib
=======================

An example of doing box plots with matplotlib

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.. image-sg:: /intro/matplotlib/auto_examples/pretty_plots/images/sphx_glr_plot_boxplot_ext_001.png
   :alt: plot boxplot ext
   :srcset: /intro/matplotlib/auto_examples/pretty_plots/images/sphx_glr_plot_boxplot_ext_001.png
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.. code-block:: Python


    import numpy as np
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt


    fig = plt.figure(figsize=(8, 5))
    axes = plt.subplot(111)

    n = 5
    Z = np.zeros((n, 4))
    X = np.linspace(0, 2, n)
    rng = np.random.default_rng()
    Y = rng.random((n, 4))
    plt.boxplot(Y)

    plt.xticks([])
    plt.yticks([])


    # Add a title and a box around it
    from matplotlib.patches import FancyBboxPatch

    ax = plt.gca()
    ax.add_patch(
        FancyBboxPatch(
            (-0.05, 0.87),
            width=0.66,
            height=0.165,
            clip_on=False,
            boxstyle="square,pad=0",
            zorder=3,
            facecolor="white",
            alpha=1.0,
            transform=plt.gca().transAxes,
        )
    )

    plt.text(
        -0.05,
        1.02,
        " Box Plot:   plt.boxplot(...)\n ",
        horizontalalignment="left",
        verticalalignment="top",
        size="xx-large",
        transform=axes.transAxes,
    )

    plt.text(
        -0.04,
        0.98,
        "\n Make a box and whisker plot ",
        horizontalalignment="left",
        verticalalignment="top",
        size="large",
        transform=axes.transAxes,
    )

    plt.show()


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