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I am using pandas and matplotlib and I am trying to set the label on x axis by the index in Series of panda

import pandas as pd
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

index = ['apples','oranges','cherries','bananas']
quantity = [20,30,40,50]

s = pd.Series(quantity, index = index)
s.plot()
plt.title("pandas series")
plt.show()

Output Graph

and it displays the output without the label on the x axis, I need fruits name as label on X-axis. Can anyone please help me to resolve this error?

Thanks in advance !

Aliaksandr Sushkevich
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Bhavani K
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  • Since there is no intrinsic ordering to your x-values, you probably shouldn't be using a lineplot. If you do `s.plot(kind='bar')` then the labels will show properly. – ALollz Oct 03 '18 at 18:39

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There seems to be some problem with pandas (currently?) as also seen from Make pandas plot() show xlabel and xvalues.

Here using matplotlib directly is a good option as well. Just replace s.plot() by 

plt.plot(s)

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ImportanceOfBeingErnest
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You just have to define the locations. Do it like so:

import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

index = ['apples','oranges','cherries','bananas']
quantity = [20,30,40,50]

s = pd.Series(quantity, index = index)
s.plot()
plt.title("pandas series")
plt.xticks(np.arange(4), index) 
plt.show()
Allen P.
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it doesn't really make sense to use a line plot here, since the categories are independent.

try a bar plot, which will automatically include the labels. s.plot(kind='bar')



Andrew
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