>>> """
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Horizontal bar chart
====================

This example showcases a simple horizontal bar chart.
"""
... import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
... import numpy as np
... 
... # Fixing random state for reproducibility
... np.random.seed(19680801)
... 
... 
... plt.rcdefaults()
... fig, ax = plt.subplots()
... 
... # Example data
... people = ('Tom', 'Dick', 'Harry', 'Slim', 'Jim')
... y_pos = np.arange(len(people))
... performance = 3 + 10 * np.random.rand(len(people))
... error = np.random.rand(len(people))
... 
... ax.barh(y_pos, performance, xerr=error, align='center')
... ax.set_yticks(y_pos, labels=people)
... ax.invert_yaxis()  # labels read top-to-bottom
... ax.set_xlabel('Performance')
... ax.set_title('How fast do you want to go today?')
... 
... plt.show()
...