Plotting a bar using Matplotlib

In this recipe, we will learn to plot a bar using Matplotlib that compares the growth of a business over past three years. You will supply the profit percentage in 2016, 2017, and 2018 and the application will show a bar representing the profit percentage in the past three years.

Getting ready

Let's assume that the profit percentage of the organization over the last three years is as follows:

• 2016: Profit was 70%
• 2017: Profit was 90%
• 2018: Profit is 80%

You want to display bars that represent profit percentages and along the x axis, and you want the years to be displayed: 2016, 2017, and 2018. Along the y axis, you want to display the bar that represent the profit percentage. The value of y on...