Hi folks, I am interested in using Matplotlib for
> drawing bar charts. Is it possible to load data from
> a file and use it for drawing the barchart.
Yes -- see the following examples. The first shows you how to use
"load" to load data from a file
http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/load_converter.py
and this shows you how to make a barchart
http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/barchart_demo.py
Merging these two techniques is an exercise left to the reader...
JDH