COSC131 guide to Matplotlib

Matplotlib is a library for making 2D plots in Python. It is Tweaks Axis ticks

designed with the philosophy that you should be able to
create simple plots with just a few commands: Change the colors, markers, line width and styles, etc.

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xtick_values = [Link](0, 11, 2)
axes.set_xticks(xtick_values)
xs = [Link](0, 3*[Link], 100)
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ys = [Link](2*xs) 0
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import numpy as np [Link](xs, ys, color="orange")
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xs = [Link](0, 3*[Link], 100)
2 Prepare ys = [Link](2*xs) 0 Multiple plots
xs = [Link](0, 10*[Link], 1000) [Link](xs, ys, linestyle="--")

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xs = [Link](0, 3*[Link], 100) 0 5
ys = [Link](xs) can also split a figure in several subplots (named Axes):
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xs = [Link](0, 2*[Link], 100)
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axes = [Link]()
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ys = [Link](2*xs)

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4 Observe axes[0].plot(xs, [Link](2*xs))

1.0 Labels 0 5 axes[1].plot(xs, [Link](2*xs))

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0.0 [Link](xs, ys) 1 Sine Legend

family="serif", color="red") 0
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axes.set_title("Sine", size=20,

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[Link](xs, [Link](2*xs), label="Sin")
[Link](xs, ys) 0 5 [Link](xs, [Link](2*xs), label="Cos")

Height
Other plots axes.set_ylabel("Height") [Link]()
Matplotlib offers several other kinds of plots. axes.set_xlabel("Time") axes.set_title("Sine and Cosine")
Time
For example:
Sine and Cosine
Grid
counts = [86, 50, 45, 65, 90] 80
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tick_label=["M","T","W","T","F"]) 20 xs = [Link](0, 10*[Link], 1000)

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M T W T F [Link](xs, [Link](xs))
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ys = [Link](0,1.5,200) [Link](True) Cos

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xs = [Link](0, 1.25,
0.5 Matplotlib 3.2 handout for beginners. Copyright (c) 2020 Nicolas P. Rougier. Re‐
ys = [Link](0, 1.25, 24)
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[Link](xs, ys, "o") 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 #12345. Adapted by Matthew Toohey and Richard Lobb for COSC131.

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