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Tagged with plot matplotlib
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Prevent scientific notation
I have the following code:
plt.plot(range(2003,2012,1),range(200300,201200,100))
# several solutions from other questions have not worked, including
# plt.ticklabel_format(style='sci', axis='x', ...
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Annotate bars with values on Pandas bar plots
I was looking for a way to annotate my bars in a Pandas bar plot with the rounded numerical values from my DataFrame.
>>> df=pd.DataFrame({'A':np.random.rand(2),'B':np.random.rand(2)},index=[...
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When to use cla(), clf() or close() for clearing a plot
Matplotlib offers these functions:
cla() # Clear axis
clf() # Clear figure
close() # Close a figure window
When should I use each function and what exactly does it do?
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Create own colormap using matplotlib and plot color scale
I have the following problem, I want to create my own colormap (red-mix-violet-mix-blue) that maps to values between -2 and +2 and want to use it to color points in my plot.
The plot should then have ...
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Is there a way to detach matplotlib plots so that the computation can continue?
After these instructions in the Python interpreter one gets a window with a plot:
from matplotlib.pyplot import *
plot([1,2,3])
show()
# other code
Unfortunately, I don't know how to continue to ...
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Plotting in a non-blocking way with Matplotlib
I am having problems trying to make matplotlib plot a function without blocking execution.
I have tried using show(block=False) as some people suggest, but all I get is a frozen window. If I simply ...
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Plot smooth line with PyPlot
I've got the following simple script that plots a graph:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
T = np.array([6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12])
power = np.array([1.53E+03, 5.92E+02, 2.04E+02, 7....
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Pandas bar plot changes date format
I have a simple stacked line plot that has exactly the date format I want magically set when using the following code.
df_ts = df.resample("W", how='max')
df_ts.plot(figsize=(12,8), stacked=True)
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Hiding axis text in matplotlib plots
I'm trying to plot a figure without tickmarks or numbers on either of the axes (I use axes in the traditional sense, not the matplotlib nomenclature!). An issue I have come across is where matplotlib ...
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Matplotlib y axis values are not ordered [duplicate]
I am trying to plot using matplotlib. The plot showed a problem that the Y axis is not ordered.
Here is the code.
# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.dates as ...
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Break // in x axis of matplotlib [duplicate]
Best way to describe what I want to achieve is using my own image:
Now I have a lot of dead space in the spectra plot, especially between 5200 and 6300. My question is quite simple, how would I add in ...
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How to plot multiple pandas columns
I have dataframe total_year, which contains three columns (year, action, comedy).
How can I plot two columns (action and comedy) on y-axis?
My code plots only one:
total_year[-15:].plot(x='year', y='...
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set ticks with logarithmic scale
It seems that the set_xticks is not working in log scale:
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
fig1, ax1 = plt.subplots()
ax1.plot([10, 100, 1000], [1,2,3])
ax1.set_xscale('log')
ax1.set_xticks([20, ...
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Label data points on plot
If you want to label your plot points using python matplotlib, I used the following code.
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
A = anyarray
B = ...
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understanding matplotlib.subplots python [duplicate]
I have constructed a set of pie charts with some help Insert image into pie chart slice
My charts look wonderful, now I need to place all 6 of them in a 2x3 figure with common tick marks on the ...
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