Python - Intermediate Data Science

PYINT-1: Matplotlib

PYINT-1.1: Basic plots

Using pyplot

# import pyplot
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

year = [1950, 1970, 1990, 2010]
pop = [2.519, 3.692, 5.263, 6.972]

# make a plot
plt.plot(year, pop)

# show a plot
plt.show()
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How do we create a scatter plot?

# import pyplot
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

year = [1950, 1970, 1990, 2010]
pop = [2.519, 3.692, 5.263, 6.972]

# make a plot
plt.scatter(year, pop)

# show a plot
plt.show()
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The basic ingredients of pyplot

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.plot(x,y)
plt.show()
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You can use certain commands to show a different scale

plt.xscale('log')
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