Today, we will see how to plot a list in Python. We will use the matplotlib library. It is a popular Python library for data visualization.
Using this, we can easily plot a list in a few lines of code. So, without further ado, let’s get started.
Consider the following code to plot a list.
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import random data = [random.randint(0, 20) for i in range(0, 10)] #create a list of 10 random numbers plt.plot(data, color='magenta', marker='o',mfc='pink' ) #plot the data plt.xticks(range(0,len(data)+1, 1)) #set the tick frequency on x-axis plt.ylabel('data') #set the label for y axis plt.xlabel('index') #set the label for x-axis plt.title("Plotting a list") #set the title of the graph plt.show() #display the graph
Let’s understand this code step by step.
First, we import the pyplot module of the matplotlib library. We import it as plt, which is just a commonly used abbreviation.
Then, we create a list of 10 random numbers between 0 and 20.
Now that we have the data, we plot it using the plt.plot() method. Since we have one-dimensional data, items in the list get considered as y-values. By default, [0, 1, 2, 3, …, 9] list is taken as x-values.
Therefore, we can say that indices are on the x-axis and list items on the y-axis. We also pass additional arguments to style the plot.
We set its color to magenta. We use a circle-shaped marker to highlight a data point and fill it with pink.
After that, we use some methods to improve the readability of the graph.
We add a title to the graph using the plt.title() method.
We also set x-axis and y-axis labels.
Moreover, we change the step size on the x-axis to 1 using the plt.xticks() method.
Finally, we display the graph using the plt.show() method.
The output of the above code is shown below.
Here are a couple more interesting articles on Python that are mainly geared towards beginners:
- How to Return a List in Python
- How to Check if the String is Empy in Python
- How to Subtract two Lists in Python
- How to Add Space in Python
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