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Plotting with Matplotlib:Pyplot
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Loading PyPlot
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import matplotlib.pyplot as pl

Line Styles
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Colors
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+ b: blue
+ g: green
+ r: red
+ c: cyan
+ m: magenta
+ y: yellow
+ k: black
+ w: white

Line Style
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+ '-' : Solid
+ '--' : Dashed
+ '..' : Dotted
+ '_' : Meh
+ ':' + Meh^2

Markers
-------
+ '*'
+ '.'

Example
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.. code::

	import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
	from matplotlib.lines import Line2D
	import numpy as np

	t = np.arange(0.0, 1.0, 0.1)
	s = np.sin(2*np.pi*t)
	linestyles = ['_', '-', '--', ':']
	markers = []
	for m in Line2D.markers:
	try:
		if len(m) == 1 and m != ' ':
			markers.append(m)
			except TypeError:
				pass

	styles = markers + [
		r'$\lambda$',
    	r'$\bowtie$',
    	r'$\circlearrowleft$',
    	r'$\clubsuit$',
    	r'$\checkmark$']

	colors = ('b', 'g', 'r', 'c', 'm', 'y', 'k')

	plt.figure(figsize=(8,8))

	axisNum = 0
	for row in range(6):
		for col in range(5):
			axisNum += 1
        	ax = plt.subplot(6, 5, axisNum)
        	color = colors[axisNum % len(colors)]
        	if axisNum < len(linestyles):
				plt.plot(t, s, linestyles[axisNum], color=color, markersize=10)
        	else:
				style = styles[(axisNum - len(linestyles)) % len(styles)]
				plt.plot(t, s, linestyle='None', marker=style, color=color, markersize=10)
        	ax.set_yticklabels([])
        	ax.set_xticklabels([])

	plt.show()

Colour Maps
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Axes
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Chaning Axes Scale::

	import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

	fig, ax = plt.subplots()

	# We need to draw the canvas, otherwise the labels won't be positioned and 
	# won't have values yet.
	fig.canvas.draw()

	labels = [item.get_text() for item in ax.get_xticklabels()]
	labels[1] = 'Testing'

	ax.set_xticklabels(labels)

	plt.show()

	[item.get_text() for item in axes.get_xticklabels()]
	['0.0', 'change', '1.0', '1.5', '2.0']