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What Is Matplotlib?

Matplotlib is a data visualization library for Python that allows creating plots, histograms, bar charts and other types of visualizations. It uses NumPy arrays and is part of the broader SciPy stack. Data visualization helps humans process information easily in graphical form and allows interpreting data by adjusting variables to see their effects as data volumes grow. Matplotlib can be used via its pyplot interface, pylab module or object-oriented approach. Key matplotlib objects include figures, axes, lines and texts. It is installed using pip and tutorials are available online.

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What Is Matplotlib?

Matplotlib is a data visualization library for Python that allows creating plots, histograms, bar charts and other types of visualizations. It uses NumPy arrays and is part of the broader SciPy stack. Data visualization helps humans process information easily in graphical form and allows interpreting data by adjusting variables to see their effects as data volumes grow. Matplotlib can be used via its pyplot interface, pylab module or object-oriented approach. Key matplotlib objects include figures, axes, lines and texts. It is installed using pip and tutorials are available online.

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Basic matplotlib lesson 1

What is matplotlib?

Matplotlib is a multi-platform data visualization library built on


NumPy arrays, and designed to work with the broader SciPy stack.

why data visualization ?

➔ Human brain can process information easily when it is in

pictorial or graphical form.

➔ Data visualizations allows as to quickly interpret the data and

adjust different variables to see their effect

➔ As data volumes grow, visualization becomes a necessity rather

than a luxury. “A picture is worth a thousand words”


What is the data visualization?

Data visualization is the presentation of data in a pictorial or

graphical format.

Types of plots:
How to use matplotlib?

There are three ways to use Matplotlib:

pyplot: provides an interface to the underlying plotting library

in matplotlib. This means that figures and axes are implicitly and

automatically created to achieve the desired plot.

pyplot mode: is generally preferred for non-interactive

plotting,provides a MATLAB – style state machine interface to the

underlying OO interface in matplotlib

pylab: A module to merge Matplotlib and NumPy together in an

environment closer to MATLAB = pyplot+numpy

pylab mode: merge together pyplot and numpy in a common

namespace. It is convenient for interactive calculations and

plotting. It makes the environment more MATLAB-like.

Object-oriented way: The Pythonic way to interface with Matplotlib

NOTE: The object-oriented is generally preferred for non-

interactive plotting (i.e., scripting).


Matplotlib main object
Figures: The plot itself, include dimensions and resolution

Axes: A figure can have multiple axes, from which can be defined

plots and text

2D lines: 2D lines have properties such as color, thickness, etc

Texts: Objects which can be used from figures or axes. Properties

include font, colour, etc

Getting started

How to install matplotlib ?

pip install matplotlib

Matplotlib Tutorial 1 | Installing matplotlib library

https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=Hax7vACiEfM&index=1&list=PLqEbL1vopgvs1p90E3Ig_OTY08wBTCj9B

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