Python 101

Using Matplotlib

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Basic Plot
A SIMPLE LINE PLOT WITH X
AND Y VALUES.

PLT.PLOT([1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6])

THIS CODE CREATES A BASIC

LINE PLOT WITH X-VALUES [1,
2, 3] AND Y-VALUES [4, 5, 6].

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Adding Title
ADD A TITLE TO A PLOT.

PLT.TITLE('MY PLOT')

THIS LINE ADDS A TITLE "MY

PLOT" TO THE CURRENT PLOT.

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Labeling Axes
LABEL THE X AND Y AXES FOR
CLARITY.

PLT.XLABEL('X AXIS') PLT.YLABEL('Y

AXIS')

XLABEL() AND YLABEL() LABEL

THE X AND Y AXES,
RESPECTIVELY.

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Setting Figure Size

CONTROL THE SIZE OF THE
PLOT.

PLT.FIGURE(FIGSIZE=(8, 6))

FIGSIZE SETS THE WIDTH AND

HEIGHT OF THE PLOT IN
INCHES.

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Gridlines
ADD GRIDLINES TO THE PLOT.

PLT.GRID(TRUE)

GRID(TRUE) ADDS GRIDLINES

TO THE PLOT, IMPROVING
READABILITY.

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Scatter Plot
PLOT DATA POINTS AS A
SCATTER PLOT.

PLT.SCATTER([1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6])

CREATES A SCATTER PLOT

USING X-VALUES [1, 2, 3] AND
Y-VALUES [4, 5, 6].

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Bar Plot
VISUALIZE DATA AS BARS.

PLT.BAR([1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6])

BAR() CREATES A VERTICAL

BAR CHART WITH GIVEN X AND
Y VALUES.

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Histogram
SHOW THE DISTRIBUTION OF A
DATASET.

PLT.HIST([1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4], BINS=4)

HIST() CREATES A HISTOGRAM

WITH 4 BINS, VISUALIZING THE
DISTRIBUTION OF THE INPUT
DATA.

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Pie Chart
DISPLAY DATA AS A PIE CHART.

PLT.PIE([10, 20, 30], LABELS=['A', 'B', 'C'])

CREATES A PIE CHART WITH

SEGMENTS LABELED A, B, AND
C, SHOWING THEIR
PROPORTIONS.

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Plotting Multiple
Lines
PLOT MULTIPLE LINES ON THE
SAME GRAPH.

PLT.PLOT([1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6])

PLT.PLOT([1, 2, 3], [6, 5, 4])

THIS PLOTS TWO SEPARATE

LINES ON THE SAME GRAPH.

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Legend
ADD A LEGEND TO IDENTIFY
MULTIPLE LINES.

PLT.PLOT([1, 2, 3], LABEL='LINE 1')

PLT.LEGEND()

ADDS A LEGEND TO THE PLOT

TO DESCRIBE THE LINE.

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Logarithmic Scale
SET THE AXES TO A
LOGARITHMIC SCALE.

PLT.XSCALE('LOG')

CHANGES THE X-AXIS TO A

LOGARITHMIC SCALE, USEFUL
FOR DATA WITH EXPONENTIAL
GROWTH.

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Saving a Plot
SAVE THE PLOT AS AN IMAGE
FILE.

PLT.SAVEFIG('PLOT.PNG')

SAVES THE CURRENT PLOT AS

A PNG IMAGE FILE.

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Subplots
CREATE MULTIPLE PLOTS IN
ONE FIGURE.

PLT.SUBPLOT(1, 2, 1)
PLT.PLOT([1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6])

SUBPLOT(1, 2, 1) CREATES A 1-
ROW, 2-COLUMN LAYOUT AND
PLACES THE PLOT IN THE
FIRST POSITION.

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Customizing Line
Style
CHANGE THE STYLE OF THE
LINES (DASHED, DOTTED,
ETC.).

PLT.PLOT([1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6],

LINESTYLE='--')

CHANGES THE LINE STYLE TO

A DASHED LINE.

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Customizing Line
Color
CHANGE THE COLOR OF THE
PLOT LINE.

PLT.PLOT([1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6],

COLOR='RED')

SETS THE LINE COLOR TO RED.

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Customizing Markers
CHANGE THE MARKERS AT
EACH DATA POINT.

PLT.PLOT([1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6],

MARKER='O')

USES CIRCULAR MARKERS AT

EACH DATA POINT ON THE
PLOT.

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Filling Between Lines

FILL THE AREA BETWEEN LINES
OR A LINE AND THE AXIS.

PLT.FILL_BETWEEN([1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6],

COLOR='LIGHTBLUE')

FILLS THE AREA UNDER THE

LINE WITH LIGHT BLUE COLOR.

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Annotations
ADD TEXT ANNOTATIONS TO
SPECIFIC POINTS IN A PLOT.

PLT.ANNOTATE('POINT', XY=(2, 5))

ADDS THE TEXT "POINT" AT

THE COORDINATES (2, 5).

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Twin Axes
CREATE TWO Y-AXES FOR
DIFFERENT DATASETS.

AX1 = PLT.GCA() AX2 = AX1.TWINX()

CREATES A SECOND Y-AXIS

SHARING THE SAME X-AXIS
FOR COMPARISON OF
DIFFERENT DATASETS.

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Box Plot
VISUALIZE THE DISTRIBUTION
OF A DATASET.

PLT.BOXPLOT([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])

CREATES A BOX PLOT TO

SHOW THE DISTRIBUTION,
MEDIAN, AND OUTLIERS OF
THE DATA.

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Error Bars
ADD ERROR BARS TO SHOW
DATA VARIABILITY.

PLT.ERRORBAR([1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6],

YERR=[0.5, 0.4, 0.3])

ADDS ERROR BARS TO THE

PLOT WITH SPECIFIED ERROR
MARGINS IN THE Y-DIRECTION.

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Heatmap
VISUALIZE DATA AS A
HEATMAP.

PLT.IMSHOW([[1, 2], [3, 4]],

CMAP='HOT')

CREATES A HEATMAP WITH

THE DATA MATRIX AND USES
THE 'HOT' COLOR MAP.

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Colormaps
APPLY DIFFERENT COLORMAPS
TO THE PLOT.

PLT.SCATTER([1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], C=[1,

2, 3], CMAP='VIRIDIS')

THE COLOR OF THE SCATTER

POINTS IS DETERMINED BY THE
VALUE OF C AND THE
COLORMAP 'VIRIDIS'.

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Contour Plot
CREATE A CONTOUR PLOT FOR
3D DATA.

X = NP.LINSPACE(-5, 5, 100)
Y = NP.LINSPACE(-5, 5, 100)
X, Y = NP.MESHGRID(X, Y)
Z = NP.SIN(X**2 + Y**2)
PLT.CONTOUR(X, Y, Z)

CREATES CONTOUR LINES

REPRESENTING THE 3D SHAPE
OF A SINE FUNCTION OVER
THE X AND Y MESHGRID.

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3D Plotting
PLOT IN 3D USING
MATPLOTLIB’S AXES3D
TOOLKIT.

AX = PLT.AXES(PROJECTION='3D')
AX.PLOT3D([1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9])

CREATES A 3D LINE PLOT WITH

X, Y, AND Z COORDINATES.

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Polar Plot
PLOT IN POLAR COORDINATES.

PLT.POLAR([0.1, 0.2, 0.3], [1, 2, 3])

CREATES A POLAR PLOT

WHERE THE ANGLES (IN
RADIANS) ARE THE FIRST
ARGUMENT AND RADII ARE THE
SECOND ARGUMENT.

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Customizing Ticks
CHANGE THE TICKS ON THE X
AND Y AXES.

PLT.XTICKS([0, 1, 2], ['A', 'B', 'C'])

CUSTOMIZES THE X-AXIS

TICKS TO SHOW LABELS A, B,
AND C INSTEAD OF THE
DEFAULT NUMERICAL VALUES.

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Rotation of Ticks
ROTATE THE TICK LABELS FOR
READABILITY.

PLT.XTICKS(ROTATION=45)

ROTATES THE X-AXIS TICK

LABELS BY 45 DEGREES.

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Tight Layout
AUTOMATICALLY ADJUST THE
SUBPLOT LAYOUT TO AVOID
OVERLAP.

PLT.TIGHT_LAYOUT()

AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTS
SPACING BETWEEN SUBPLOTS
TO ENSURE EVERYTHING FITS
WITHOUT OVERLAPPING.

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Adding Subplot Title

ADD INDIVIDUAL TITLES TO
SUBPLOTS.

PLT.SUBPLOT(1, 2, 1)
PLT.TITLE('SUBPLOT 1')

ADDS A TITLE TO THE FIRST

SUBPLOT.

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Alpha Transparency
SET THE TRANSPARENCY
LEVEL OF ELEMENTS.

PLT.PLOT([1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6],

ALPHA=0.5)

SETS THE LINE TRANSPARENCY

TO 50%.

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Violin Plot
DISPLAY THE DISTRIBUTION OF
THE DATA AS VIOLIN PLOTS.

PLT.VIOLINPLOT([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])

CREATES A VIOLIN PLOT,

WHICH COMBINES BOX PLOTS
AND KERNEL DENSITY
ESTIMATES.

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Multiple Y-Axes
CREATE MULTIPLE Y-AXES FOR
DIFFERENT DATASETS ON THE
SAME PLOT.

FIG, AX1 = PLT.SUBPLOTS()

AX2 = AX1.TWINX()

ADDS A SECOND Y-AXIS ON

THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PLOT.

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Adjusting Axis Limits

MANUALLY SET LIMITS FOR
THE X AND Y AXES.

PLT.XLIM(0, 10) PLT.YLIM(0, 20)

MANUALLY SETS THE X-AXIS

LIMITS TO (0, 10) AND Y-AXIS
LIMITS TO (0, 20).

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Setting Aspect Ratio

CONTROL THE ASPECT RATIO
OF THE PLOT.

PLT.GCA().SET_ASPECT('EQUAL',
ADJUSTABLE='BOX')

SETS THE ASPECT RATIO OF

THE PLOT TO BE EQUAL,
ADJUSTING THE BOX SIZE.

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Log-Log Plot
CREATE A LOG-LOG PLOT WITH
BOTH AXES IN LOGARITHMIC
SCALE.

PLT.LOGLOG([1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6])

CREATES A PLOT WHERE BOTH

AXES USE LOGARITHMIC
SCALING.

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Interactive Mode
ENABLE INTERACTIVE MODE
FOR REAL-TIME PLOTTING.

PLT.ION()

ENABLES INTERACTIVE MODE,

ALLOWING REAL-TIME PLOT
UPDATES WITHOUT NEEDING
TO CALL SHOW().

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Datetime Plotting
PLOT DATETIME OBJECTS ON
THE X-AXIS.

IMPORT MATPLOTLIB.DATES AS MDATES

DATES = [MDATES.DATESTR2NUM('2023-
01-01'), MDATES.DATESTR2NUM('2023-01-
02')] PLT.PLOT_DATE(DATES, [4, 5])

PLOTS DATA WITH DATES ON

THE X-AXIS.

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