Merge pull request matplotlib#30972 from meeseeksmachine/auto-backport-of-pr-30969-on-v3.10.8-doc

Backport PR matplotlib#30969 on branch v3.10.8-doc (DOC: Simplify barh() example)

Author: rcomer

galleries/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/barh.py

@@ -15,12 +15,10 @@
 
 # Example data
 people = ('Tom', 'Dick', 'Harry', 'Slim', 'Jim')
-y_pos = np.arange(len(people))
 performance = 3 + 10 * np.random.rand(len(people))
 error = np.random.rand(len(people))
 
-ax.barh(y_pos, performance, xerr=error, align='center')
-ax.set_yticks(y_pos, labels=people)
+ax.barh(people, performance, xerr=error, align='center')
 ax.invert_yaxis()  # labels read top-to-bottom
 ax.set_xlabel('Performance')
 ax.set_title('How fast do you want to go today?')