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Plot types
==========

Overview of many common plotting commands in Matplotlib.

Note that we have stripped all labels, but they are present by default.
See the `gallery <../gallery/index.html>`_ for many more examples and
the `tutorials page <../tutorials/index.html>`_ for longer examples.



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Basic
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Basic plot types, usually y versus x.



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  .. image:: /plot_types/basic/images/thumb/sphx_glr_plot_thumb.png
    :alt: plot(x, y)

  :ref:`sphx_glr_plot_types_basic_plot.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">plot(x, y)</div>
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  .. image:: /plot_types/basic/images/thumb/sphx_glr_scatter_plot_thumb.png
    :alt: scatter(x, y)

  :ref:`sphx_glr_plot_types_basic_scatter_plot.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">scatter(x, y)</div>
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  .. image:: /plot_types/basic/images/thumb/sphx_glr_bar_thumb.png
    :alt: bar(x, height)

  :ref:`sphx_glr_plot_types_basic_bar.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">bar(x, height)</div>
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  .. image:: /plot_types/basic/images/thumb/sphx_glr_stem_thumb.png
    :alt: stem(x, y)

  :ref:`sphx_glr_plot_types_basic_stem.py`

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  .. image:: /plot_types/basic/images/thumb/sphx_glr_step_thumb.png
    :alt: step(x, y)

  :ref:`sphx_glr_plot_types_basic_step.py`

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  .. image:: /plot_types/basic/images/thumb/sphx_glr_fill_between_thumb.png
    :alt: fill_between(x, y1, y2)

  :ref:`sphx_glr_plot_types_basic_fill_between.py`

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  .. image:: /plot_types/basic/images/thumb/sphx_glr_stackplot_thumb.png
    :alt: stackplot(x, y)

  :ref:`sphx_glr_plot_types_basic_stackplot.py`

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Plots of arrays and fields
--------------------------

Plotting for arrays of data ``Z(x, y)`` and fields ``U(x, y), V(x, y)``.



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  .. image:: /plot_types/arrays/images/thumb/sphx_glr_imshow_thumb.png
    :alt: imshow(Z)

  :ref:`sphx_glr_plot_types_arrays_imshow.py`

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  .. image:: /plot_types/arrays/images/thumb/sphx_glr_pcolormesh_thumb.png
    :alt: pcolormesh(X, Y, Z)

  :ref:`sphx_glr_plot_types_arrays_pcolormesh.py`

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  .. image:: /plot_types/arrays/images/thumb/sphx_glr_contour_thumb.png
    :alt: contour(X, Y, Z)

  :ref:`sphx_glr_plot_types_arrays_contour.py`

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  .. image:: /plot_types/arrays/images/thumb/sphx_glr_contourf_thumb.png
    :alt: contourf(X, Y, Z)

  :ref:`sphx_glr_plot_types_arrays_contourf.py`

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  .. image:: /plot_types/arrays/images/thumb/sphx_glr_barbs_thumb.png
    :alt: barbs(X, Y, U, V)

  :ref:`sphx_glr_plot_types_arrays_barbs.py`

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  .. image:: /plot_types/arrays/images/thumb/sphx_glr_quiver_thumb.png
    :alt: quiver(X, Y, U, V)

  :ref:`sphx_glr_plot_types_arrays_quiver.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">quiver(X, Y, U, V)</div>
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  .. image:: /plot_types/arrays/images/thumb/sphx_glr_streamplot_thumb.png
    :alt: streamplot(X, Y, U, V)

  :ref:`sphx_glr_plot_types_arrays_streamplot.py`

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Statistics plots
----------------

Plots for statistical analysis.



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  .. image:: /plot_types/stats/images/thumb/sphx_glr_hist_plot_thumb.png
    :alt: hist(x)

  :ref:`sphx_glr_plot_types_stats_hist_plot.py`

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  .. image:: /plot_types/stats/images/thumb/sphx_glr_boxplot_plot_thumb.png
    :alt: boxplot(X)

  :ref:`sphx_glr_plot_types_stats_boxplot_plot.py`

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  .. image:: /plot_types/stats/images/thumb/sphx_glr_errorbar_plot_thumb.png
    :alt: errorbar(x, y, yerr, xerr)

  :ref:`sphx_glr_plot_types_stats_errorbar_plot.py`

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  .. image:: /plot_types/stats/images/thumb/sphx_glr_violin_thumb.png
    :alt: violinplot(D)

  :ref:`sphx_glr_plot_types_stats_violin.py`

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  :ref:`sphx_glr_plot_types_stats_eventplot.py`

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  .. image:: /plot_types/stats/images/thumb/sphx_glr_hist2d_thumb.png
    :alt: hist2d(x, y)

  :ref:`sphx_glr_plot_types_stats_hist2d.py`

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  .. image:: /plot_types/stats/images/thumb/sphx_glr_hexbin_thumb.png
    :alt: hexbin(x, y, C)

  :ref:`sphx_glr_plot_types_stats_hexbin.py`

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  .. image:: /plot_types/stats/images/thumb/sphx_glr_pie_thumb.png
    :alt: pie(x)

  :ref:`sphx_glr_plot_types_stats_pie.py`

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Unstructured coordinates
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Sometimes we collect data ``z`` at coordinates ``(x,y)`` and want to visualize
as a contour.  Instead of gridding the data and then using
`~.axes.Axes.contour`, we can use a triangulation algorithm and fill the
triangles.



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    :alt: tricontour(x, y, z)

  :ref:`sphx_glr_plot_types_unstructured_tricontour.py`

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    :alt: tricontourf(x, y, z)

  :ref:`sphx_glr_plot_types_unstructured_tricontourf.py`

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  :ref:`sphx_glr_plot_types_unstructured_tripcolor.py`

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    :alt: triplot(x, y)

  :ref:`sphx_glr_plot_types_unstructured_triplot.py`

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   /plot_types/basic/index.rst
   /plot_types/arrays/index.rst
   /plot_types/stats/index.rst
   /plot_types/unstructured/index.rst


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