Matplotlib: different x-axis labels in subplot

Question

How do I get different x-axis labels in a subplot when generating it inside a for loop, as such;

attributes = ["attr_with_2_categories", "attr_with_5_categories"]
target = 'Target'
for idx, variable in enumerate(attributes):

    plt.subplot(2, 1, idx+1)
    df_rate = DataSet[[target,variable]].groupby([variable]).mean()
    counts = DataSet[variable].value_counts()
    output = pd.concat((df_rate, counts), axis=1, sort=False)
    output.columns = ["DR", "Counts"]
    labels = np.unique(DataSet[variable])

    ax1 = output["Counts"].plot(kind='bar', width=0.5, color='skyblue', use_index=True)
    plt.ylabel("Count")
    ax1.set_xticklabels(labels, rotation = 45)
    ax2 = plt.twinx(ax1)
    ax2.plot(ax1.get_xticks(),output["DR"], linestyle='-', marker='o', linewidth=3.0)
    plt.ylabel("DR")
    plt.grid(False)
    plt.tight_layout()

plt.show()

The result here is two graphs but both graphs end up with the labels of the last graph that has 5 labels wile the first graph has only 2.

I tested some more and it seems to be a problem only when plots are arranged vertically. Horizontally aranged, the same problem does not occure. — Niclas
– Niclas, Commented Jul 28, 2018 at 16:10

user115215 · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-29 00:02:38Z

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You need to set the label to the axis objects. You might also need to tweak the spacing. Below is an example:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
numrows = 3
numcols = 3
fig, ax = plt.subplots(ncols=numcols,nrows=numrows)
counter = 0
angles = np.linspace(0, 2*np.pi,100)
for i in range(numrows):
    for j in range(numcols):
        ax[i][j].plot(np.sin((i+1)*angles), np.cos((j+1)*angles))
        ax[i][j].set_xlabel('(%s,%s)'%(i+1,j+1))
        ax[i][j].set_aspect('equal')
plt.subplots_adjust(hspace=1.0)
plt.show()

subplots example with different x_axis labels

answered Jul 29, 2018 at 0:02

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