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Violin Plot
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This example shows how to make a Violin Plot using Altair's density transform.


.. altair-plot::
    :code-below:

    
    import altair as alt
    from vega_datasets import data

    alt.Chart(data.cars()).transform_density(
        'Miles_per_Gallon',
        as_=['Miles_per_Gallon', 'density'],
        extent=[5, 50],
        groupby=['Origin']
    ).mark_area(orient='horizontal').encode(
        y='Miles_per_Gallon:Q',
        color='Origin:N',
        x=alt.X(
            'density:Q',
            stack='center',
            impute=None,
            title=None,
            axis=alt.Axis(labels=False, values=[0],grid=False, ticks=True),
        ),
        column=alt.Column(
            'Origin:N',
            header=alt.Header(
                titleOrient='bottom',
                labelOrient='bottom',
                labelPadding=0,
            ),
        )
    ).properties(
        width=100
    ).configure_facet(
        spacing=0
    ).configure_view(
        stroke=None
    )


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