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Here is the dataframe I'm working with in python. I'm including the dataframe here with this line of code:

print(mtcars.to_dict())

{'Unnamed: 0': {0: 'Mazda RX4', 1: 'Mazda RX4 Wag', 2: 'Datsun 710', 3: 'Hornet 4 Drive', 4: 'Hornet Sportabout', 5: 'Valiant', 6: 'Duster 360', 7: 'Merc 240D', 8: 'Merc 230', 9: 'Merc 280', 10: 'Merc 280C', 11: 'Merc 450SE', 12: 'Merc 450SL', 13: 'Merc 450SLC', 14: 'Cadillac Fleetwood', 15: 'Lincoln Continental', 16: 'Chrysler Imperial', 17: 'Fiat 128', 18: 'Honda Civic', 19: 'Toyota Corolla', 20: 'Toyota Corona', 21: 'Dodge Challenger', 22: 'AMC Javelin', 23: 'Camaro Z28', 24: 'Pontiac Firebird', 25: 'Fiat X1-9', 26: 'Porsche 914-2', 27: 'Lotus Europa', 28: 'Ford Pantera L', 29: 'Ferrari Dino', 30: 'Maserati Bora', 31: 'Volvo 142E'}, 'mpg': {0: 21.0, 1: 21.0, 2: 22.8, 3: 21.4, 4: 18.7, 5: 18.1, 6: 14.3, 7: 24.4, 8: 22.8, 9: 19.2, 10: 17.8, 11: 16.4, 12: 17.3, 13: 15.2, 14: 10.4, 15: 10.4, 16: 14.7, 17: 32.4, 18: 30.4, 19: 33.9, 20: 21.5, 21: 15.5, 22: 15.2, 23: 13.3, 24: 19.2, 25: 27.3, 26: 26.0, 27: 30.4, 28: 15.8, 29: 19.7, 30: 15.0, 31: 21.4}, 'cyl': {0: 6, 1: 6, 2: 4, 3: 6, 4: 8, 5: 6, 6: 8, 7: 4, 8: 4, 9: 6, 10: 6, 11: 8, 12: 8, 13: 8, 14: 8, 15: 8, 16: 8, 17: 4, 18: 4, 19: 4, 20: 4, 21: 8, 22: 8, 23: 8, 24: 8, 25: 4, 26: 4, 27: 4, 28: 8, 29: 6, 30: 8, 31: 4}, 'disp': {0: 160.0, 1: 160.0, 2: 108.0, 3: 258.0, 4: 360.0, 5: 225.0, 6: 360.0, 7: 146.7, 8: 140.8, 9: 167.6, 10: 167.6, 11: 275.8, 12: 275.8, 13: 275.8, 14: 472.0, 15: 460.0, 16: 440.0, 17: 78.7, 18: 75.7, 19: 71.1, 20: 120.1, 21: 318.0, 22: 304.0, 23: 350.0, 24: 400.0, 25: 79.0, 26: 120.3, 27: 95.1, 28: 351.0, 29: 145.0, 30: 301.0, 31: 121.0}, 'hp': {0: 110, 1: 110, 2: 93, 3: 110, 4: 175, 5: 105, 6: 245, 7: 62, 8: 95, 9: 123, 10: 123, 11: 180, 12: 180, 13: 180, 14: 205, 15: 215, 16: 230, 17: 66, 18: 52, 19: 65, 20: 97, 21: 150, 22: 150, 23: 245, 24: 175, 25: 66, 26: 91, 27: 113, 28: 264, 29: 175, 30: 335, 31: 109}, 'drat': {0: 3.9, 1: 3.9, 2: 3.85, 3: 3.08, 4: 3.15, 5: 2.76, 6: 3.21, 7: 3.69, 8: 3.92, 9: 3.92, 10: 3.92, 11: 3.07, 12: 3.07, 13: 3.07, 14: 2.93, 15: 3.0, 16: 3.23, 17: 4.08, 18: 4.93, 19: 4.22, 20: 3.7, 21: 2.76, 22: 3.15, 23: 3.73, 24: 3.08, 25: 4.08, 26: 4.43, 27: 3.77, 28: 4.22, 29: 3.62, 30: 3.54, 31: 4.11}, 'wt': {0: 2.62, 1: 2.875, 2: 2.32, 3: 3.215, 4: 3.44, 5: 3.46, 6: 3.57, 7: 3.19, 8: 3.15, 9: 3.44, 10: 3.44, 11: 4.07, 12: 3.73, 13: 3.78, 14: 5.25, 15: 5.424, 16: 5.345, 17: 2.2, 18: 1.615, 19: 1.835, 20: 2.465, 21: 3.52, 22: 3.435, 23: 3.84, 24: 3.845, 25: 1.935, 26: 2.14, 27: 1.513, 28: 3.17, 29: 2.77, 30: 3.57, 31: 2.78}, 'qsec': {0: 16.46, 1: 17.02, 2: 18.61, 3: 19.44, 4: 17.02, 5: 20.22, 6: 15.84, 7: 20.0, 8: 22.9, 9: 18.3, 10: 18.9, 11: 17.4, 12: 17.6, 13: 18.0, 14: 17.98, 15: 17.82, 16: 17.42, 17: 19.47, 18: 18.52, 19: 19.9, 20: 20.01, 21: 16.87, 22: 17.3, 23: 15.41, 24: 17.05, 25: 18.9, 26: 16.7, 27: 16.9, 28: 14.5, 29: 15.5, 30: 14.6, 31: 18.6}, 'vs': {0: 0, 1: 0, 2: 1, 3: 1, 4: 0, 5: 1, 6: 0, 7: 1, 8: 1, 9: 1, 10: 1, 11: 0, 12: 0, 13: 0, 14: 0, 15: 0, 16: 0, 17: 1, 18: 1, 19: 1, 20: 1, 21: 0, 22: 0, 23: 0, 24: 0, 25: 1, 26: 0, 27: 1, 28: 0, 29: 0, 30: 0, 31: 1}, 'am': {0: 1, 1: 1, 2: 1, 3: 0, 4: 0, 5: 0, 6: 0, 7: 0, 8: 0, 9: 0, 10: 0, 11: 0, 12: 0, 13: 0, 14: 0, 15: 0, 16: 0, 17: 1, 18: 1, 19: 1, 20: 0, 21: 0, 22: 0, 23: 0, 24: 0, 25: 1, 26: 1, 27: 1, 28: 1, 29: 1, 30: 1, 31: 1}, 'gear': {0: 4, 1: 4, 2: 4, 3: 3, 4: 3, 5: 3, 6: 3, 7: 4, 8: 4, 9: 4, 10: 4, 11: 3, 12: 3, 13: 3, 14: 3, 15: 3, 16: 3, 17: 4, 18: 4, 19: 4, 20: 3, 21: 3, 22: 3, 23: 3, 24: 3, 25: 4, 26: 5, 27: 5, 28: 5, 29: 5, 30: 5, 31: 4}, 'carb': {0: 4, 1: 4, 2: 1, 3: 1, 4: 2, 5: 1, 6: 4, 7: 2, 8: 2, 9: 4, 10: 4, 11: 3, 12: 3, 13: 3, 14: 4, 15: 4, 16: 4, 17: 1, 18: 2, 19: 1, 20: 1, 21: 2, 22: 2, 23: 4, 24: 2, 25: 1, 26: 2, 27: 2, 28: 4, 29: 6, 30: 8, 31: 2}}

This SO post was helpful in learning how to print the python dataframe like R does with the dput() function.

Now I import seaborn and create a histogram.

import seaborn as seaborn

seaborn.histplot(data=mtcars, x="mpg", bins = 30)
plt.suptitle("Mtcars", loc = 'left')
plt.title("histogram", loc = 'left')
plt.show()

This doesn't work as the title disappears.

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So I clear out whatever is happening with the graphs and try again.

plt.figure().clear()
plt.close()
plt.cla()
plt.clf()

seaborn.histplot(data=mtcars, x="mpg", bins = 30)
plt.suptitle("Mtcars", horizontalalignment = 'left')
plt.title("histogram", loc = 'left')
plt.show()

But this doesn't work either. This time, the title is there but the alignment is wrong.

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I'd like to put both the title and the subtitle on the left side.

hachiko
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  • add the followig line before plt.show: `plt.tight_layout()` –  Apr 29 '22 at 14:23
  • Hey I tried it before the code chunk with 'horizontalAlignment = left' and also the one with 'loc = left' but I didn't have any luck, I'm afraid – hachiko Apr 29 '22 at 14:34
  • The `suptitle` isn't placed via `loc=`. Its `horizontalalignment` is anchored via its `x` and `y` coordinates (expressed as figure coordinates: 0,0 at the bottom left, 1,1 at the top right of the surrounding plot). Defaults are `x=0.5, y=0.98`. So you could set `plt.suptitle(..., x=0.05, y=0.98, ha='left')` to place it at the left. See also https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.suptitle.html – JohanC Apr 29 '22 at 15:35
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    Note that the `suptitle` is independent of the number of subplots. If you just want to have 2 titles, you could use a newline character: `plt.title("Mtcars\nhistogram", loc='left')`. – JohanC Apr 29 '22 at 15:52
  • That backslash n did the trick, except if I want to make the top part bold and the part on the button not-bold, I think it would fail, right? – hachiko Apr 29 '22 at 15:57

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