pandas.DataFrame.plot.area — pandas 3.0.0.dev0+2099.g3832e85779 documentation (original) (raw)

DataFrame.plot.area(x=None, y=None, stacked=True, **kwargs)[source]#

Draw a stacked area plot.

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

Parameters:

xlabel or position, optional

Coordinates for the X axis. By default uses the index.

ylabel or position, optional

Column to plot. By default uses all columns.

stackedbool, default True

Area plots are stacked by default. Set to False to create a unstacked plot.

**kwargs

Additional keyword arguments are documented inDataFrame.plot().

Returns:

matplotlib.axes.Axes or numpy.ndarray

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

Examples

Draw an area plot based on basic business metrics:

df = pd.DataFrame( ... { ... "sales": [3, 2, 3, 9, 10, 6], ... "signups": [5, 5, 6, 12, 14, 13], ... "visits": [20, 42, 28, 62, 81, 50], ... }, ... index=pd.date_range( ... start="2018/01/01", end="2018/07/01", freq="ME" ... ), ... ) ax = df.plot.area()

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

ax = df.plot.area(stacked=False)

Draw an area plot for a single column:

ax = df.plot.area(y="sales")

Draw with a different x:

df = pd.DataFrame( ... { ... "sales": [3, 2, 3], ... "visits": [20, 42, 28], ... "day": [1, 2, 3], ... } ... ) ax = df.plot.area(x="day")