Bubble chart using Python

Bubble chart is one of the powerful and useful chart for representing data with three or four dimensions.

The position of the bubble is determined by the x & y axis values. These are the first two properties.

The size of the bubble can be controlled by the third property.

The colour of the bubble can be controlled by the fourth property.

A Sample program to create a bubble chart using the python library matplotlib is given below.

import matplotlib.pyplot as plot
import numpy as npy

# create some dummy data using numpy random function.
# Bubble charts are used to represent data with three or four dimensions.
# X axis can represent one property, Y can represent another property,
# The bubble size can represent another properly, the color of the bubble can represent another property.

x = npy.random.rand(50)
y = npy.random.rand(50)
z = npy.random.rand(50)
colors = npy.random.rand(50)
# use the scatter function
plot.scatter(x, y, s=z * 1000, c=colors)
plot.show()

Here we are generating some random data using numpy and plotting the bubble chart using matplotlib.

A sample output is given below.