René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"A","articleBody":"\u003c!--To help us understand and resolve your issue, please fill out the form to the best of your ability.--\u003e\r\n\u003c!--You can feel free to delete the sections that do not apply.--\u003e\r\n\r\n### Bug report\r\n\r\n**Bug summary**\r\n\r\nThe method `matplotlib.axes._subplots.AxesSubplot.bar` has argument `left` which is actually the center of the bar. The name of the argument leads to unexpected results.\r\n\r\n**Code for reproduction**\r\n\r\n```python\r\nimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt\r\n\r\nleft = [0, 1, 3]\r\nwidth = [1, 2, 1]\r\nheight = [1, 1, 1]\r\nbottoms = [0, 1, 2]\r\n\r\n# Actual\r\nfig, ax = plt.subplots()\r\nfor l, w, h, b in zip(left, width, height, bottoms):\r\n    ax.bar(left=l, width=w, height=h, bottom=b, color='blue')\r\nplt.show()    \r\n    \r\n# Expected\r\nfig, ax = plt.subplots()\r\nfor l, w, h, b in zip(left, width, height, bottoms):\r\n    ax.bar(left=l + w/2, width=w, height=h, bottom=b, color='blue')\r\nplt.show()\r\n```\r\n\r\n**Actual outcome**\r\n\r\nThe following is an text representation of the figure produced:\r\n\r\n```\r\n  3\r\n  |                                                [------------------]\r\n  2\r\n  |        [--------------------------------]\r\n  1 \r\n  |  [-------------]\r\n-0.5-----0.0-----0.5-----1.0-----1.5-----2.0-----2.5-----3.0-----3.5-----4.0**\r\n\r\n```\r\n\r\n**Expected outcome**\r\n\r\nThe following is an text representation of the figure produced:\r\n\r\n```\r\n  3\r\n  |                                                      [------------------]\r\n  2\r\n  |                     [--------------------------------]\r\n  1 \r\n  |       [-------------]\r\n-0.5-----0.0-----0.5-----1.0-----1.5-----2.0-----2.5-----3.0-----3.5-----4.0**\r\n\r\n```\r\n\r\n**Matplotlib version**\r\n\u003c!--Please specify your platform and versions of the relevant libraries you are using:--\u003e\r\n  * Operating System: Windows 10.0.15063\r\n  * Matplotlib Version: 2.0.2\r\n  * Python Version: Python 3.6.1 |Anaconda custom (64-bit)| (default, May 11 2017, 13:25:24) [MSC v.1900 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32\r\n  * Jupyter Version (if applicable):\r\n  * Other Libraries: \r\n\r\nconda install matplotlib\r\n\r\nUsing default channel.","author":{"url":"https://github.com/venuur","@type":"Person","name":"venuur"},"datePublished":"2017-09-10T17:24:31.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":1},"url":"https://github.com/9178/matplotlib/issues/9178"}