matplotlib bar chart: space out bars

Question

How do I increase the space between each bar with matplotlib barcharts, as they keep cramming them self to the centre. (this is what it currently looks)

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Answer 1

set your x axis limits starting from slightly negative value to slightly larger value than the number of bars in your plot and change the width of the bars in the barplot command

for example I did this for a barplot with just two bars

ax1.axes.set_xlim(-0.5,1.5)