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.. _gallery_bar_chart_with_mean_line:
Bar Chart with Line at Mean
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This example shows the mean value overlayed on a bar chart.
.. altair-plot::
:remove-code:
import altair as alt
from vega_datasets import data
source = data.wheat()
bar = alt.Chart(source).mark_bar().encode(
x='year:O',
y='wheat:Q'
)
rule = alt.Chart(source).mark_rule(color='red').encode(
y='mean(wheat):Q'
)
(bar + rule).properties(width=600)
# No channel encoding options are specified in this chart
# so the code is the same as for the method-based syntax.
.. tab-set::
.. tab-item:: Method syntax
:sync: method
.. code:: python
import altair as alt
from vega_datasets import data
source = data.wheat()
bar = alt.Chart(source).mark_bar().encode(
x='year:O',
y='wheat:Q'
)
rule = alt.Chart(source).mark_rule(color='red').encode(
y='mean(wheat):Q'
)
(bar + rule).properties(width=600)
.. tab-item:: Attribute syntax
:sync: attribute
.. code:: python
import altair as alt
from vega_datasets import data
source = data.wheat()
bar = alt.Chart(source).mark_bar().encode(
x='year:O',
y='wheat:Q'
)
rule = alt.Chart(source).mark_rule(color='red').encode(
y='mean(wheat):Q'
)
(bar + rule).properties(width=600)
# No channel encoding options are specified in this chart
# so the code is the same as for the method-based syntax.