This is probably the most basic barplot you can do with python and matplotlib.
import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt # Make a fake dataset: height = [3, 12, 5, 18, 45] bars = ('A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E') y_pos = np.arange(len(bars)) # Create bars plt.bar(y_pos, height) # Create names on the x-axis plt.xticks(y_pos, bars) # Show graphic plt.show()