Matplotlib – Pyplot API


Matplotlib – Pyplot API


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Pyplot API

matplotlib.pyplot is a collection of command style functions that make Matplotlib work like MATLAB. Each Pyplot function makes some change to a figure. For example, a function creates a figure, a plotting area in a figure, plots some lines in a plotting area, decorates the plot with labels, etc.

Types of Plots

Sr.No Function & Description
1

Bar

Make a bar plot.

2

Barh

Make a horizontal bar plot.

3

Boxplot

Make a box and whisker plot.

4

Hist

Plot a histogram.

5

hist2d

Make a 2D histogram plot.

6

Pie

Plot a pie chart.

7

Plot

Plot lines and/or markers to the Axes.

8

Polar

Make a polar plot..

9

Scatter

Make a scatter plot of x vs y.

10

Stackplot

Draws a stacked area plot.

11

Stem

Create a stem plot.

12

Step

Make a step plot.

13

Quiver

Plot a 2-D field of arrows.

Image Functions

Sr.No Function & Description
1

Imread

Read an image from a file into an array.

2

Imsave

Save an array as in image file.

3

Imshow

Display an image on the axes.

Axis Functions

Sr.No Function & Description
1

Axes

Add axes to the figure.

2

Text

Add text to the axes.

3

Title

Set a title of the current axes.

4

Xlabel

Set the x axis label of the current axis.

5

Xlim

Get or set the x limits of the current axes.

6

Xscale

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7

Xticks

Get or set the x-limits of the current tick locations and labels.

8

Ylabel

Set the y axis label of the current axis.

9

Ylim

Get or set the y-limits of the current axes.

10

Yscale

Set the scaling of the y-axis.

11

Yticks

Get or set the y-limits of the current tick locations and labels.

Figure Functions

Sr.No Function & Description
1

Figtext

Add text to figure.

2

Figure

Creates a new figure.

3

Show

Display a figure.

4

Savefig

Save the current figure.

5

Close

Close a figure window.

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