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+#define _USE_MATH_DEFINES
+#include <cmath>
+#include "../matplotlibcpp.h"
+
+namespace plt = matplotlibcpp;
+
+int main()
+{
+	int n = 1000;
+	std::vector<double> x, y, z;
+
+	for(int i=0; i<n; i++) {
+		x.push_back(i*i);
+		y.push_back(sin(2*M_PI*i/360.0));
+		z.push_back(log(i));
+
+		if (i % 10 == 0) {
+			// Clear previous plot
+			plt::clf();
+			// Plot line from given x and y data. Color is selected automatically.
+			plt::plot(x, y);
+			// Plot a line whose name will show up as "log(x)" in the legend.
+			plt::named_plot("log(x)", x, z);
+
+			// Set x-axis to interval [0,1000000]
+			plt::xlim(0, n*n);
+
+			// Add graph title
+			plt::title("Sample figure");
+			// Enable legend.
+			plt::legend();
+			// Display plot continuously
+			plt::pause(0.1);
+		}
+	}
+}
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