Matplotlib Introduction

What is Matplotlib?

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Matplotlib is the most commonly used library for 2D plotting in Python

It makes plotting figures and data vizualizaiton easier. With few lines of code, we can generate

• plots
• scatter plots
• histograms
• power spectra
• bar charts
• error charts
• contour plots
• 3D plots
• ..., etc

For simple plotting the pyplot module provides a MATLAB-like interface, particularly when combined with IPython.
For the power user, you have full control of line styles, font properties, axes properties, etc, via an object oriented interface or via a set of functions familiar to MATLAB users.

Matplotlib Introduction - Notebook

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For further reading

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• Matplotlib Tutorial - Nicolas Rougier's great teaching
• An introduction to pyplot interface - Tutorial from official matplotlib website
• Matplotlib Tutorials for beginners, intermediates, and advanced - from official matplotlib website