Boxplot with matplotlib

An example of doing box plots with matplotlib

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)
Y = np.random.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, .87),
                            width=.66, height=.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, .98, "\n Make a box and whisker plot ",
        horizontalalignment='left',
        verticalalignment='top',
        size='large',
        transform=axes.transAxes)

plt.show()

Total running time of the script: ( 0 minutes 0.057 seconds)