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Layered Bar Chart
-----------------
This example shows a segmented bar chart that is layered rather than stacked.  


.. altair-plot::
    :remove-code:
    


    import altair as alt
    from vega_datasets import data

    source = data.iowa_electricity()

    alt.Chart(source).mark_bar(opacity=0.7).encode(
        x='year:O',
        y=alt.Y('net_generation:Q', stack=None),
        color="source",
    )


.. tab-set::

    .. tab-item:: Method syntax
        :sync: method

        .. code:: python


            import altair as alt
            from vega_datasets import data

            source = data.iowa_electricity()

            alt.Chart(source).mark_bar(opacity=0.7).encode(
                x='year:O',
                y=alt.Y('net_generation:Q').stack(None),
                color="source",
            )


    .. tab-item:: Attribute syntax
        :sync: attribute

        .. code:: python


            import altair as alt
            from vega_datasets import data

            source = data.iowa_electricity()

            alt.Chart(source).mark_bar(opacity=0.7).encode(
                x='year:O',
                y=alt.Y('net_generation:Q', stack=None),
                color="source",
            )