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tutorials/introductory/usage.py

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#
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# Coding styles
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# =============
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#
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# The object-oriented and the pyplot interfaces
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# ---------------------------------------------
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#
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###############################################################################
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# (In addition, there is a third approach, for the case when embedding
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# Matplotlib in a GUI application, which completely drops pyplot, even for
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# figure creation. See the corresponding section in the gallery for more info
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# (:ref:`user_interfaces`).)
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# figure creation. See the corresponding section in the gallery for more info:
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# :ref:`user_interfaces`.)
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#
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# Matplotlib's documentation and examples use both the OO and the pyplot
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# styles. In general, we suggest using the OO style, particularly for
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my_plotter(ax2, data3, data4, {'marker': 'o'})
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###############################################################################
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# These examples provide convenience for more complex graphs.
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#
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# Note that if you want to install these as a python package, or any other
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# customizations you could use use one of the many templates on the web;
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# Matplotlib has one at `mpl-cookiecutter
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# Marker size depends on the method being used. `~.Axes.plot` specifies
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# markersize in points, and is generally the "diameter" or width of the
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# marker. `~.Axes.scatter` specifies markersize as approximately
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# proportional to the visual area of the marker. There are also an array of
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# markerstyles available as string codes (see :mod:`~.matplotlib.markers`) or
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# proportional to the visual area of the marker. There is an array of
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# markerstyles available as string codes (see :mod:`~.matplotlib.markers`), or
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# users can define their own `~.MarkerStyle` (see
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# :doc:`/gallery/lines_bars_and_markers/marker_reference`):
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# Axes labels and text
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# --------------------
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# `~.Axes.set_xlabel`, `~.Axes.set_ylabel` and `~.Axes.set_title` are used to
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# `~.Axes.set_xlabel`, `~.Axes.set_ylabel`, and `~.Axes.set_title` are used to
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# add text in the indicated locations (see :doc:`/tutorials/text/text_intro` for
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# more discussion). Text can also be directly added to plots using
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# `~.Axes.text`:
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# Plotting dates and strings
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# --------------------------
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# Matplotlib can handle plotting arrays of dates and arrays of strings as
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# Matplotlib can handle plotting arrays of dates and arrays of strings, as
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# well as floating point numbers. These get special locators and formatters
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# as appropriate. For dates:
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##############################################################################
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# One caveat about categorical plotting is that some methods of parsing
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# text files return a list of strings, even if the strings all represent
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# numbers or dates. If you pass 1000 strings Matplotlib will think you
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# meant 1000 categories and will add 1000 ticks to your plot.
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# numbers or dates. If you pass 1000 strings, Matplotlib will think you
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# meant 1000 categories and will add 1000 ticks to your plot!
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# Color mapped data
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# =================
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# :doc:`/gallery/subplots_axes_and_figures/colorbar_placement` for
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# details. You can also change the appearance of colorbars with the
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# *extend* keyword to add arrows to the ends, and *shrink* and *aspect* to
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# control the size.
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# control the size. Finally, the colorbar will have default Locators
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# and Formatters appropriate to the Norm. These can be changed as for
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# other axis objects.
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# Working with multiple figures and axes

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