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| ====== Working with matplotlib (JYP version) ====== | ====== Working with matplotlib (JYP version) ====== |
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| <note tip>Note: [[https://matplotlib.org/cheatsheets/|Matplotlib cheatsheets]]</note> | <note tip>Note: [[https://matplotlib.org/cheatsheets/|Matplotlib cheatsheets]] ([[https://github.com/matplotlib/cheatsheets#cheatsheets-for-matplotlib-users|pdf version]])</note> |
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| **Summary**: there are lots of python libraries that you can use for plotting, but Matplotlib has become a //de facto// standard | **Summary**: there are lots of python libraries that you can use for plotting, but Matplotlib has become a //de facto// standard |
| * The ''plot'' function will be faster for scatterplots where markers don't vary in size 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.axes.Axes.contourf.html|contour(...) and contourf(...)]]: draw contour lines and filled contours | * [[https://matplotlib.org/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.contourf.html|contour(...) and contourf(...)]]: draw contour lines and filled contours |
| * **X and Y axes parameters** (see also [[https://matplotlib.org/examples/showcase/anatomy.html|Anatomy of a figure]]): | * **X and Y axes parameters** (see also [[https://matplotlib.org/stable/gallery/showcase/anatomy.html|Anatomy of a figure]]): |
| * **Axis range**: ''my_plot.set_xlim(x_leftmost_value, x_rightmost_value)'' | * **Axis range**: ''my_plot.set_xlim(x_leftmost_value, x_rightmost_value)'' |
| * Use the leftmost and rightmost values to specify the orientation of the axis (i.e the rightmost value can be smaller than the leftmost) | * Use the leftmost and rightmost values to specify the orientation of the axis (i.e the rightmost value can be smaller than the leftmost) |
| * ''my_cmap.set_over(color='k')'': color to be used for //high out-of-range values// **if** ''extend'' is specified and is //'both'// or //'max'//. Default color is ''my_cmap(my_cmap.N - 1)'' | * ''my_cmap.set_over(color='k')'': color to be used for //high out-of-range values// **if** ''extend'' is specified and is //'both'// or //'max'//. Default color is ''my_cmap(my_cmap.N - 1)'' |
| * ''my_cmap.set_under(color='k')'': color to be used for //low out-of-range values// **if** ''extend'' is specified and is //'both'// or //'min'//. Default color is ''my_cmap(0)'' | * ''my_cmap.set_under(color='k')'': color to be used for //low out-of-range values// **if** ''extend'' is specified and is //'both'// or //'min'//. Default color is ''my_cmap(0)'' |
| * [[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/figure_api.html#matplotlib.figure.Figure.colorbar|colorbar]] | * [[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/figure_api.html#matplotlib.figure.Figure.colorbar|colorbar]] (see also the [[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/colorbar_api.html|colorbar api]]) |
| * [[https://matplotlib.org/stable/gallery/subplots_axes_and_figures/colorbar_placement.html|Placing colorbars demo]] | * [[https://matplotlib.org/stable/gallery/subplots_axes_and_figures/colorbar_placement.html|Placing colorbars demo]] |
| * [[https://matplotlib.org/stable/gallery/images_contours_and_fields/contourf_demo.html|contourf + colorbar demo]] | * [[https://matplotlib.org/stable/gallery/images_contours_and_fields/contourf_demo.html|contourf + colorbar demo]] |
