Matplotlib – Pyplot API

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Pyplot API Overview

matplotlib.pyplot is a collection of command-style functions that make Matplotlib work like MATLAB. Each function in the Pyplot API modifies a figure: it creates a figure, adds a plotting area, plots lines or shapes, and decorates the plot with labels, titles, etc.

Types of Plots in Pyplot

Sr.No	Function	Description
1	Bar	Make a bar plot.
2	Barh	Make a horizontal bar plot.
3	Boxplot	Make a box and whisker plot.
4	Hist	Plot a histogram.
5	hist2d	Make a 2D histogram plot.
6	Pie	Plot a pie chart.
7	Plot	Plot lines and/or markers to the Axes.
8	Polar	Make a polar plot.
9	Scatter	Make a scatter plot of x vs y.
10	Stackplot	Draws a stacked area plot.
11	Stem	Create a stem plot.
12	Step	Make a step plot.
13	Quiver	Plot a 2-D field of arrows.

Image Functions

Sr.No	Function	Description
1	Imread	Read an image from a file into an array.
2	Imsave	Save an array as an image file.
3	Imshow	Display an image on the axes.

Axis Functions

Sr.No	Function	Description
1	Axes	Add axes to the figure.
2	Text	Add text to the axes.
3	Title	Set a title of the current axes.
4	Xlabel	Set the x-axis label of the current axis.
5	Xlim	Get or set the x-limits of the current axes.
6	Xscale	Set the scaling of the x-axis.
7	Xticks	Get or set the x-axis tick locations and labels.
8	Ylabel	Set the y-axis label of the current axis.
9	Ylim	Get or set the y-limits of the current axes.
10	Yscale	Set the scaling of the y-axis.
11	Yticks	Get or set the y-axis tick locations and labels.

Figure Functions

Sr.No	Function	Description
1	Figtext	Add text to figure.
2	Figure	Creates a new figure.
3	Show	Display a figure.
4	Savefig	Save the current figure.
5	Close	Close a figure window.

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