matplotlib bar chart: space out bars : <p>How do I increase the space between each bar with matplotlib barcharts, as they keep cramming them self to the centre.<a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/oYxW1.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/oYxW1.png" alt="enter image description here"></a> (this is what it currently looks)</p>

<pre><code>import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.dates as mdates
def ww(self):#wrongwords text file

    with open("wrongWords.txt") as file:
        array1 = []
        array2 = [] 
        for element in file:
            array1.append(element)

        x=array1[0]
    s = x.replace(')(', '),(') #removes the quote marks from csv file
    print(s)
    my_list = ast.literal_eval(s)
    print(my_list)
    my_dict = {}

    for item in my_list:
        my_dict[item[2]] = my_dict.get(item[2], 0) + 1

    plt.bar(range(len(my_dict)), my_dict.values(), align='center')
    plt.xticks(range(len(my_dict)), my_dict.keys())

    plt.show()
</code></pre>
