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Matplotlib Pyplot

Learn all about Matplotlib Pyplot in this comprehensive tutorial.

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•Most of the Matplotlib utilities lies under the pyplot submodule, and are usually imported under the plt alias:

Pyplot

Most of the Matplotlib utilities lies under the pyplot submodule, and are usually imported under the plt alias:

python

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

Now the Pyplot package can be referred to as plt.

python

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

  xpoints = np.array([0, 6])ypoints = np.array([0, 250])plt.plot(xpoints, 
  ypoints)
plt.show()

Note: You will learn more about drawing (plotting) in the next chapters.

2 questions

Which of the following is true about Matplotlib Pyplot?

It is strictly typedIt is evaluated at runtimeIt requires explicit memory managementIt is deprecated

What is the most common pitfall when working with Matplotlib Pyplot?

SyntaxErrorIndentationErrorNameErrorTypeError

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