Build a histogram (3): compare

In the video, you saw population pyramids for the present day and for the future. Because we were using a histogram, it was very easy to make a comparison.

Let's do a similar comparison. life_exp contains life expectancy data for different countries in 2007. You also have access to a second list now, life_exp1950, containing similar data for 1950. Can you make a histogram for both datasets?

You'll again be making two plots. The plt.show() and plt.clf() commands to render everything nicely are already included. Also matplotlib.pyplot is imported for you, as plt.

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Intermediate Python

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Exercise instructions

Build a histogram of life_exp with 15 bins.
Build a histogram of life_exp1950, also with 15 bins. Is there a big difference with the histogram for the 2007 data?

Hands-on interactive exercise

Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.

# Histogram of life_exp, 15 bins


# Show and clear plot
plt.show()
plt.clf()

# Histogram of life_exp1950, 15 bins


# Show and clear plot again
plt.show()
plt.clf()

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