maxframe.dataframe.DataFrame.plot.area

DataFrame.plot.area(*args, **kwargs)

Draw a stacked area plot.

An area plot displays quantitative data visually. This function wraps the matplotlib area function.

Parameters:

• x (label or position, optional) – Coordinates for the X axis. By default uses the index.

• y (label or position, optional) – Column to plot. By default uses all columns.

• stacked (bool, default True) – Area plots are stacked by default. Set to False to create a unstacked plot.

• **kwargs – Additional keyword arguments are documented in DataFrame.plot().

Returns:

Area plot, or array of area plots if subplots is True.

Return type:

matplotlib.axes.Axes or numpy.ndarray

See also

DataFrame.plot

Make plots of DataFrame using matplotlib / pylab.

Examples

Draw an area plot based on basic business metrics:

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Area plots are stacked by default. To produce an unstacked plot, pass stacked=False:

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Draw an area plot for a single column:

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Draw with a different x:

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