#! /usr/bin/env python3
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def president_heights_bar ( ):

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## president_heights_bar() makes a bar plot of Presidential heights.
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#  Licensing:
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#    This code is distributed under the MIT license.
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#  Modified:
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#    22 April 2019
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#  Author:
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#    John Burkardt
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  import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
  import numpy as np
  import platform

  print ( '' )
  print ( 'president_heights_bar():' )
  print ( '  Python version: %s' % ( platform.python_version ( ) ) )
  print ( '  Create a bar plot of the height in inches of US presidents.' )
#
#  Read the values from the file.
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  filename = 'president_heights_data.txt'
  data = np.loadtxt ( filename )
  height = data[:]
  n = len ( height )
  index = np.arange ( n )
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#  Create the bar plot.
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  plt.bar ( index, height )
  plt.grid ( True )
  plt.title ( 'US President Heights', fontsize = 16 )
  plt.xlabel ( '<-- Index -->', fontsize = 16 )
  plt.ylabel ( '<-- Height (inches) -->', fontsize = 16 )
  filename = 'president_heights_bar.png'
  plt.savefig ( filename )
  plt.show ( block = False )
  plt.close ( )

  print ( '' )
  print ( '  Graphics saved as "%s"' % ( filename ) )
#
#  Terminate.
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  print ( '' )
  print ( 'president_heights_bar():' )
  print ( '  Normal end of execution.' )
  return

def timestamp ( ):

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## timestamp() prints the date as a timestamp.
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#  Licensing:
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#    This code is distributed under the MIT license. 
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#  Modified:
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#    06 April 2013
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#  Author:
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#    John Burkardt
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  import time

  t = time.time ( )
  print ( time.ctime ( t ) )

  return

if ( __name__ == '__main__' ):
  timestamp ( )
  president_heights_bar ( )
  timestamp ( )