A table is printed out with some great data for analysis:
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| Poisonous | Convex | Smooth | Brown | Bruises | Pungent | Free | Close | Narrow | Black | Enlarging | Equal | Smooth | Smooth | White | White | Partial | White | One | Pendant | Black | Scattered | Urban |
| Edible | Convex | Smooth | Yellow | Bruises | Almond | Free | Close | Broad | Black | Enlarging | Club | Smooth | Smooth | White | White | Partial | White | One | Pendant | Brown | Numerous | Grasses |
| Edible | Bell | Smooth | White | Bruises | Anise | Free | Close | Broad | Brown | Enlarging | Club | Smooth | Smooth | White | White | Partial | White | One | Pendant | Brown | Numerous | Meadows |
| Poisonous | Convex | Scaly | White | Bruises | Pungent | Free | Close | Narrow | Brown | Enlarging | Equal | Smooth | Smooth | White | White | Partial | White | One | Pendant | Black | Scattered | Urban |
| Poisonous | Convex | Scaly | White | Bruises | Pungent | Free | Close | Narrow | Brown | Enlarging | Equal | Smooth | Smooth | White | White | Partial | White | One | Pendant | Black | Scattered | Urban
| Edible | Convex |Smooth | Green | No Bruises| None |Free | Crowded | Broad | Black | Tapering | Equal | Smooth | Smooth | White | White | Partial | White | One | Evanescent | Brown | Abundant | Grasses
|Edible | Convex | Scaly | Yellow | Bruises | Almond | Free | Close | Broad | Brown | Enlarging | Club | Smooth | Smooth | White | White | Partial | White | One | Pendant | Black | Numerous | Grasses
Right away, you notice that all the data is textual. You will have to convert this data to be able to use it in a chart. Most of the data, in fact, is represented as an object:
Take this data and convert the 'class' column to a category:
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Now that you know how to group your data and then display it as a pie or donut, you can explore other types of charts. Try a waffle chart, which is just a different way of exploring quantity.
## Waffles!
A 'waffle' type chart is a different way to visualize quantities as a 2D array of squares. Try visualizing the different quantities of mushroom cap colors in this dataset. To do this, you need to install a helper library called [PyWaffle](https://pypi.org/project/pywaffle/) and use Matplotlib:
A 'waffle' type chart is a different way to visualize quantities as a 2D array of squares. Try visualizing the different quantities of mushroom cap colors in this dataset. To do this, you need to install a helper library called [waffle](https://r-charts.com/part-whole/waffle-chart-ggplot2/) and use it to generate your visualization: