Snippets tagged “matplotlib”

15 snippets use this tag.

Adding a legend to PyPlot in Matplotlib in the simplest manner possible
Python
Here is a simple code snippet that demonstrates how to add a legend to a PyPlot in Matplotlib:
Changing the tick frequency on the x or y axis
Python
In matplotlib, you can change the tick frequency on the x or y axis of a plot by using the set_xticks() or set_yticks() method of the Axes class.
How do I change the size of figures drawn with Matplotlib?
Python
To change the size of figures drawn with Matplotlib in Python, you can use the figure() function and set the figsize argument.
How do I set the figure title and axes labels font size?
Python
In matplotlib, you can set the font size of the figure title and axes labels using the pyplot module.
How to change the figure size of a seaborn axes or figure level plot
Python
You can change the figure size of a Seaborn plot by using the set_size_inches() method of the matplotlib.pyplot.figure object and passing in the desired width and height.
How to change the font size on a matplotlib plot
Python
There are a couple of ways to change the font size on a matplotlib plot.
How to make IPython notebook matplotlib plot inline
Python
To make matplotlib plots show up inline in an IPython notebook, you can use the following code snippet:
How to put the legend outside the plot
Python
In matplotlib, the legend function allows you to specify the location of the legend.
How to set the y-axis limit
Python
In matplotlib, you can set the limit of the y-axis of a plot by using the set_ylim() method of the Axes class.
ImportError: No module named matplotlib.pyplot
Python
This error message occurs when the matplotlib.pyplot module is not installed or not imported properly in your Python environment.
Matplotlib make tick labels font size smaller
Python
Here is a code snippet that shows how to make the tick labels font size smaller in Matplotlib:
Plot logarithmic axes
Python
Here is a code snippet that shows how to plot a graph with logarithmic scales for both the x and y axes in Python using the Matplotlib library:
Purpose of "%matplotlib inline"
Python
The purpose of "%matplotlib inline" in Python is to display matplotlib plots within the Jupyter notebook.
Save plot to image file instead of displaying it using Matplotlib
Python
To save a plot to an image file using Matplotlib, you can use the savefig function.
When to use cla(), clf() or close() for clearing a plot in matplotlib?
Python
cla() is used to clear the current axis of a plot in matplotlib.