Axes.bar_label(...) Not Working: axes has no attribute

[DavidD003]

Bug report

Bug summary

The code presented in the documentation at : https://matplotlib.org/stable/gallery/lines_bars_and_markers/horizontal_barchart_distribution.html
does not work, it gives an AttributeError. I experience this on collab as well as my PC

See the above doc for code to reproduce

AttributeError: 'AxesSubplot' object has no attribute 'bar_label'

Expected outcome
See the linked docs

Matplotlib version
MatPlotlib 3.3.2

• Operating system: Windows 10
• Matplotlib version (import matplotlib; print(matplotlib.__version__)):
• Matplotlib backend : Qt5Agg
• Python version: 3.8.5
• Jupyter version: whatever Colab is using

[jklymak]

That is a 3.4 feature.