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Adding a legend to PyPlot in Matplotlib in the simplest manner possible

Here is a simple code snippet that demonstrates how to add a legend to a PyPlot in Matplotlib:

python matplotlib plot

Changing the tick frequency on the x or y axis

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.

python matplotlib plot axes xticks

How do I change the size of figures drawn with Matplotlib?

To change the size of figures drawn with Matplotlib in Python, you can use the figure() function and set the figsize argument.

python pandas matplotlib seaborn figsize

How do I set the figure title and axes labels font size?

In matplotlib, you can set the font size of the figure title and axes labels using the pyplot module.

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How to change the figure size of a seaborn axes or figure level plot

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.

python matplotlib seaborn figsize

How to change the font size on a matplotlib plot

There are a couple of ways to change the font size on a matplotlib plot.

python font-size matplotlib

How to make IPython notebook matplotlib plot inline

To make matplotlib plots show up inline in an IPython notebook, you can use the following code snippet:

python matplotlib ipython jupyter-notebook data-visualization

How to put the legend outside the plot

In matplotlib, the legend function allows you to specify the location of the legend.

python matplotlib seaborn legend

How to set the y-axis limit

In matplotlib, you can set the limit of the y-axis of a plot by using the set_ylim() method of the Axes class.

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ImportError: No module named matplotlib.pyplot

This error message occurs when the matplotlib.pyplot module is not installed or not imported properly in your Python environment.

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