plot pyplot code example

Example 1: matplotlib plot

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
fig = plt.figure(1)	#identifies the figure 
plt.title("Y vs X", fontsize='16')	#title
plt.plot([1, 2, 3, 4], [6,2,8,4])	#plot the points
plt.xlabel("X",fontsize='13')	#adds a label in the x axis
plt.ylabel("Y",fontsize='13')	#adds a label in the y axis
plt.legend(('YvsX'),loc='best')	#creates a legend to identify the plot
plt.savefig('Y_X.png')	#saves the figure in the present directory
plt.grid()	#shows a grid under the plot
plt.show()

Example 2: python plot

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.plot([1, 2, 3, 4], [1, 4, 9, 16])
plt.show()

Example 3: plot using matplotlib

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.plot([1, 2, 3, 4])
plt.ylabel('some numbers')
plt.show()

Example 4: python matplotlib how to graph point on line

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
ax.set_xlim(0,10)
ax.set_ylim(0,10)

# draw lines
xmin = 1
xmax = 9
y = 5
height = 1
plt.hlines(y, xmin, xmax)
plt.vlines(xmin, y - height / 2., y + height / 2.)
plt.vlines(xmax, y - height / 2., y + height / 2.)
average = (xmax+xmin)/2

# draw a point on the line
px = 5 
plt.plot(px,y, 'ro', ms = 15, mfc = 'r')

# add an arrow
plt.annotate('Point', (px,y), xytext = (px+0.35, y+0.5), 
horizontalalignment='right')

# add numbers
plt.text(xmin - 0.1, y, 'Left', horizontalalignment='right')
plt.text(xmax + 0.1, y, 'Right', horizontalalignment='left')

plt.axis('off')
plt.show()

Example 5: how do a plot on matplotlib python

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
%matplotlib inline
plt.plot(data)
#this is not nessisary but makes your plot more readable
plt.ylabel('y axis means ...')
plt.xlabel('x axis means ...')