chatviz.plotting.plot_reply_times¶

chatviz.plotting.plot_reply_times(df, ax=None, colors='default', show_ylabels=False)¶

Creates a horizontal bar chart showing the average reply time in hours for each person in the chat.

Reply time for person A is calculated as the time at which a message was sent minus the time of the last message sent by someone other than person A.

Parameters

dfpd.DataFrame

The dataframe of messages. Must have the columns [‘date’, ‘name’].

axplt.Axes or None

The axes to plot onto. If None (default), will create a new axes.

colors{‘default’} or list of str or dict

The colors to be used for each person in the chat. Should be either:

‘default’ in which case the default color scheme is used
a list of colors the same length as the number of names in df[‘name’]

a dict which maps each name to a color.

For more info about the possible color strings, see the matplotlib documentation.

show_ylabelsbool

If True, will show names around the donut. If False (default), then they will be hidden.

Returns

plt.Axes: The horizontal bar chart axes plot.

Examples

from chatviz.utils import load_example_chat_data
from chatviz.plotting import plot_reply_times
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

plt.rcParams["figure.figsize"] = [20, 10]
plt.rcParams["font.size"] = 25
plt.rcParams["axes.titlesize"] = 40
plt.rcParams["font.family"] = "Sawasdee"

df = load_example_chat_data()
palette = ["#20639B", "#3CAEA3", "#F6D55C", "#ED553B", "#173F5F"]
plot_reply_times(df, colors=palette, show_ylabels=True)
plt.tight_layout(pad=2.5)
plt.title("Average Reply Times")
plt.show()

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