#_ important Matplotlib Operations [ +100 ]
Basic Plotting:
● plt.plot(): Plot y versus x as lines and/or markers.
● plt.scatter(): Make a scatter plot.
● plt.bar(): Make a bar plot.
● plt.barh(): Make a horizontal bar plot.
● plt.hist(): Plot a histogram.
● plt.boxplot(): Make a box and whisker plot.
● plt.pie(): Plot a pie chart.
● plt.fill_between(): Fill area between two horizontal curves.
● plt.errorbar(): Plot error bars.
● plt.stem(): Create a stem plot.
Figure and Axes:
● plt.figure(): Create a new figure.
● plt.subplots(): Create a figure and a set of subplots.
● plt.subplot2grid(): Create an axis at a specific location inside a
regular grid.
● plt.axes(): Add axes to the figure.
● fig.add_subplot(): Add a subplot to the current figure.
● ax.plot(): Plot data on a particular axes instance.
Customizing Plots:
● plt.title(): Set the title of the current axes.
● plt.xlabel(): Set the x-axis label.
● plt.ylabel(): Set the y-axis label.
● plt.xlim(): Set the x-axis view limits.
● plt.ylim(): Set the y-axis view limits.
● plt.xticks(): Set the x-axis tick locations and labels.
● plt.yticks(): Set the y-axis tick locations and labels.
● ax.set_xticklabels(): Set the x-axis tick labels on the specific
axes.
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● ax.set_yticklabels(): Set the y-axis tick labels on the specific
axes.
● plt.legend(): Place a legend on the axes.
● ax.legend(): Place a legend on the specific axes.
● plt.grid(): Configure the grid lines.
● ax.grid(): Configure the grid lines on a specific axes.
● plt.tight_layout(): Automatically adjust subplot parameters.
● fig.subplots_adjust(): Tune the subplot layout.
Figure Styles and Features:
● plt.style.use(): Use a predefined style.
● mpl.rc(): Set the current rc params.
● plt.rc_context(): Return a context manager for managing rc
settings.
● plt.savefig(): Save the current figure.
● plt.show(): Display all open figures.
Colors, Markers, and Line Styles:
● plt.plot(x, y, color='green'): Specify color by name.
● plt.plot(x, y, linestyle='--'): Specify line style.
● plt.plot(x, y, marker='o'): Specify marker style.
● plt.setp(): Set a property on an artist object.
Advanced Plot Types:
● plt.contour(): Contour plot.
● plt.contourf(): Filled contour plot.
● plt.imshow(): Display an image on the axes.
● plt.streamplot(): Draw streamlines of a vector flow.
● plt.quiver(): Plot a 2D field of arrows.
● plt.pcolor(): Create a pseudocolor plot.
● plt.tripcolor(): Create a pseudocolor plot of an unstructured
triangular grid.
● plt.tricontour(): Draw contours on an unstructured triangular
grid.
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● plt.hexbin(): Make a hexagonal binning plot.
● plt.stackplot(): Draw a stacked area plot.
Working with Text and Annotations:
● plt.text(): Add text to the axes.
● plt.annotate(): Annotate the point xy with text.
● plt.figtext(): Add text to the figure.
Working with Data:
● plt.fill_betweenx(): Fill area between two vertical curves.
● plt.vlines(): Plot vertical lines.
● plt.hlines(): Plot horizontal lines.
● plt.table(): Add a table to the axes.
● ax.twinx(): Create a second y-axis sharing the same x-axis.
● ax.twiny(): Create a second x-axis sharing the same y-axis.
Customizing Layouts:
● plt.subplot_mosaic(): Create a layout of subplots with a mosaic.
● fig.align_labels(): Align labels for subplots.
● GridSpec(): Specify a geometry for subplots.
Interactive Features:
● plt.connect(): Connect a callback function to an event.
● plt.disconnect(): Disconnect a callback function from an event.
● plt.pause(): Pause the interactive loop.
Customizing Ticks and Spines:
● ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(): Set the locator of the major ticker.
● ax.xaxis.set_minor_locator(): Set the locator of the minor ticker.
● ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(): Set the formatter of the major
ticker.
● ax.xaxis.set_minor_formatter(): Set the formatter of the minor
ticker.
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● ax.spines['left'].set_position(): Set the position of the spine.
Legends and Colorbars:
● ax.legend(loc='upper right'): Place a legend at a specified
location.
● plt.colorbar(): Add a colorbar to a plot.
● ax.legend(handles, labels): Create a legend with custom handles
and labels.
Animation:
● animation.FuncAnimation(): Make an animation by repeatedly calling
a function.
● animation.ArtistAnimation(): Animation using a fixed set of Artist
objects.
● plt.draw(): Redraw the current figure.
Working with Paths and Patches:
● mpl.path.Path(): Create a new path.
● mpl.patches.Circle(): Create a circle patch.
● mpl.patches.Rectangle(): Create a rectangle patch.
● mpl.patches.Polygon(): Create a polygon patch.
3D Plotting with mplot3d:
● mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.Axes3D(): Create a 3D axes.
● ax.plot_surface(): Plot a 3D surface.
● ax.plot_wireframe(): Plot a 3D wireframe.
● ax.scatter3D(): Create a 3D scatter plot.
● ax.bar3d(): Create a 3D bar plot.
Working with Images:
● mpl.image.imread(): Read an image from a file into an array.
● mpl.image.imsave(): Save an array as an image file.
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Working with Colormaps:
● mpl.cm.get_cmap(): Get a colormap instance.
● mpl.colors.Normalize(): Normalize a given value to the 0-1 range
on a log scale.
● mpl.colors.LogNorm(): Normalize a given value to the 0-1 range on
a log scale.
Event Handling:
● mpl.connect('event_name', callback): Connect an event with a
callback.
● mpl.disconnect('event_name', callback): Disconnect an event from a
callback.
Customizing Matplotlib:
● mpl.use(): Set the Matplotlib backend.
● mpl.rcParams.update(): Update the Matplotlib rcParams.
● mpl.style.available: List available styles.
Matplotlib Configuration and Helpers:
● mpl.get_configdir(): Get the directory of Matplotlib configuration.
● mpl.get_cachedir(): Get the directory of Matplotlib cache.
● mpl.font_manager.findfont(): Find a font.
Advanced Features:
● mpl.colors.Colormap(): Base class for all scalar to RGBA mappings.
● mpl.ticker.ScalarFormatter(): Format tick values as a number.
● mpl.ticker.FuncFormatter(): User-defined function for formatting.
● mpl.dates.DateFormatter(): Format dates in plots.
● mpl.dates.AutoDateLocator(): Auto-select the date ticks.
Matplotlib with Pandas:
● DataFrame.plot(): Make plots of Series or DataFrame.
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● Series.plot(): Make plots of Series.
Saving Figures in Different Formats:
● fig.savefig('filename.png'): Save the figure as a .png file.
● fig.savefig('filename.svg'): Save the figure as a .svg file.
● fig.savefig('filename.pdf'): Save the figure as a .pdf file.
Interactive Backends (e.g., with Jupyter Notebook):
● %matplotlib inline: Set up Matplotlib for use in Jupyter Notebook.
● %matplotlib notebook: Enable interactive figures in a Jupyter
notebook.
Customizing Figure Size and DPI:
● plt.figure(figsize=(8, 6), dpi=100): Create a figure with specific
size and DPI.
Subplot Spacing and Margins:
● plt.subplots_adjust(left=None, bottom=None, right=None, top=None,
wspace=None, hspace=None): Adjust the subplot layout parameters.
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