matplotlib.pyplot is a collection of command style functions that make matplotlib work like MATLAB. Each pyplot function makes some change to a figure: e.g., creates a figure, creates a plotting area in a figure, plots some lines in a plotting area, decorates the plot with labels, etc.
In this article, we will see how to use pyplot to draw line graph. Here is most basic plot
Here is the output
You can add customization to line as below:
Line has various properties and these can be found here.
| character | description |
|---|---|
'-' |
solid line style |
'--' |
dashed line style |
'-.' |
dash-dot line style |
':' |
dotted line style |
'.' |
point marker |
',' |
pixel marker |
'o' |
circle marker |
'v' |
triangle_down marker |
'^' |
triangle_up marker |
'<' |
triangle_left marker |
'>' |
triangle_right marker |
'1' |
tri_down marker |
'2' |
tri_up marker |
'3' |
tri_left marker |
'4' |
tri_right marker |
's' |
square marker |
'p' |
pentagon marker |
'*' |
star marker |
'h' |
hexagon1 marker |
'H' |
hexagon2 marker |
'+' |
plus marker |
'x' |
x marker |
'D' |
diamond marker |
'd' |
thin_diamond marker |
'|' |
vline marker |
'_' |
hline marker |
Color codes are as below
| character | color |
|---|---|
| ‘b’ | blue |
| ‘g’ | green |
| ‘r’ | red |
| ‘c’ | cyan |
| ‘m’ | magenta |
| ‘y’ | yellow |
| ‘k’ | black |
| ‘w’ | white |