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- Read the [[http://www.labri.fr/perso/nrougier/teaching/matplotlib/|Matplotlib tutorial by Nicolas Rougier]] | - Read the [[http://www.labri.fr/perso/nrougier/teaching/matplotlib/|Matplotlib tutorial by Nicolas Rougier]] | ||
- Download the [[http://matplotlib.org/contents.html|pdf version of the manual]]. **Do not print** the 2800+ pages of the manual! Read the beginner's guide (Chapter //FIVE// of //Part II//) and have a super quick look at the table of contents of the whole document. | - Download the [[http://matplotlib.org/contents.html|pdf version of the manual]]. **Do not print** the 2800+ pages of the manual! Read the beginner's guide (Chapter //FIVE// of //Part II//) and have a super quick look at the table of contents of the whole document. | ||
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+ | ==== Useful reference pages ==== | ||
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+ | * [[https://matplotlib.org/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.plot.html|plot()]]: Plot y versus x as lines and/or markers | ||
+ | * [[https://matplotlib.org/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.scatter.html|scatter()]]: A scatter plot of y vs x with varying marker size and/or color | ||
+ | * The ''plot'' function will be faster for scatterplots where markers don't vary in size or color | ||
+ | * [[https://matplotlib.org/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.lines.Line2D.html|line]] parameters | ||
+ | * [[https://matplotlib.org/api/markers_api.html|markers]] | ||
==== Misc Matplotlib tricks ==== | ==== Misc Matplotlib tricks ==== |