matplotlib scatterplot x axis labels

Question

When I\'m adding the c option to a scatterplot in matplotlib, the x axis labels dissapear. Here\'s an example: https://github.com/Kornel/scatterplot-matplotlib/blob/master/S

Answer 1

If you are using Anaconda, installing pandas with conda-forge channel resolves the issue.

conda install -c conda-forge pandas

Answer 2

That looks like a strange bug with pandas plotting to me! Here's a way around it:

fig, ax = plt.subplots()
df.plot(kind='scatter',x='X', y='Y', c='C', ax=ax)
ax.set_xlabel("X")
plt.show()

This will give you the graph you expect: