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The plot() function is used to draw points (markers) in a diagram. By default, the plot() function draws a line from point to point. The function takes parameters for specifying points in the diagram.
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Parameter 1 is an array containing the points on the x - axis.
Parameter 2 is an array containing the points on the y - axis.
If we need to plot a line from (1, 3) to (8, 10), we have to pass two arrays [1, 8] and [3, 10] to the plot function.Draw a line in a diagram from position (1, 3) to position (8, 10):
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import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np xpoints = np.array([1, 8])
ypoints = np.array([3, 10])plt.plot(xpoints, ypoints) plt.show()
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The x - axis is the horizontal axis.
The y - axis is the vertical axis.To plot only the markers, you can use shortcut string notation parameter 'o', which means 'rings'.
Draw two points in the diagram, one at position (1, 3) and one in position (8, 10):
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import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np xpoints = np.array([1, 8])
ypoints = np.array([3, 10])plt.plot(xpoints, ypoints, 'o') plt.show()
You will learn more about markers in the next chapter.
You can plot as many points as you like, just make sure you have the same number of points in both axis.
Draw a line in a diagram from position (1, 3) to (2, 8) then to (6, 1) and finally to position (8, 10):
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import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np xpoints = np.array([1, 2, 6, 8])
ypoints = np.array([3, 8, 1, 10])plt.plot(xpoints, ypoints) plt.show()
If we do not specify the points on the x-axis, they will get the default values 0, 1, 2, 3 etc., depending on the length of the y-points.
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So, if we take the same example as above, and leave out the x - points, the diagram will look like this:Formula
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np ypoints = np.array([3, 8, 1, 10, 5, 7])plt.plot(ypoints) plt.show()
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The x - points in the example above are [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5].