在一个图形输出窗口中,底层是一个Figure实例,通常称之为画布,包含一些可见和不可见的元素。在画布上的就是图形,图形是一些Axes实例,里面几乎包含了matplotlib的组成元素,例如坐标轴、刻度、标签、线和标记等。
我们可以导入第三方包NumPy和快速绘图模块pyplot,matplotlib库就是建立在科学计算包NumPy基础之上的Python绘图库。
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as npx = np.linspace(0.5, 3.5, 100) # 在0.5到3.5之间均匀地取100个数
y = np.sin(x)
y1 = np.random.randn(100) # 在标准正态分布中随机地取100个数
函数功能: 展现变量的趋势变化
调用签名: plt.plot(x, y, ls=‘-’, lw=2, label=‘plot figure’)
参数说明:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as npx = np.linspace(0.05, 10, 1000)
y = np.cos(x)plt.plot(x, y, ls='-', lw=2, label='cos(x)')
plt.legend() # 显示图例plt.show()

函数功能: 寻找变量之间的关系
调用签名: plt.scatter(x, y, c=‘b’, label=‘scatter figure’)
参数说明:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as npx = np.linspace(0.05, 10, 1000)
y = np.random.randn(1000)plt.scatter(x, y, c='b', label='scatter plot')
plt.legend()plt.show()

函数功能: 设置x轴的数值显示范围
调用签名: plt.xlim(xmin, xmax)
参数说明:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as npx = np.linspace(0.05, 10, 1000)
y = np.random.randn(1000)plt.scatter(x, y, c='b', label='scatter plot')
plt.legend()plt.xlim(0.05, 10)
plt.ylim(0, 1)plt.show()

函数功能: 设置x轴的标签文本
调用签名: plt.xlabel(string)
参数说明:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as npx = np.linspace(0.05, 10, 1000)
y = np.sin(x)plt.plot(x, y, ls='-', lw=2, c='c', label='sin(x)')
plt.legend() # 显示图例plt.xlabel('x-axis')
plt.ylabel('y-axis')plt.show()

函数功能: 绘制刻度线的网格线
调用签名: plt.grid(linestyle=‘:’, color=‘r’)
参数说明:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as npx = np.linspace(0.05, 10, 100)
y = np.log(x)plt.plot(x, y, ls='-.', lw=2, c='c', label='y=log(x)')
plt.legend()plt.grid(linestyle=':', color='r')plt.show()

函数功能: 绘制平行与x轴的水平参考线
调用签名: plt.axhline(y=0.0, c=‘r’, ls=‘–’, lw=2)
参数说明:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as npx = np.linspace(0.05, 10, 100)
y = np.sin(x)plt.plot(x, y, ls='-.', lw=2, c='c', label='sin(x)')
plt.legend()plt.axhline(y=0.0, c='r', ls='--', lw=2)
plt.axvline(x=4.0, c='r', ls='--', lw=2)plt.show()

函数功能: 绘制垂直于x轴的参考区域
调用签名: plt.axvspan(xmin=1.0, xmax=2.0, facecolor=‘y’, alpha=0.3)
参数说明:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as npx = np.linspace(0.05, 10, 1000)
y = np.sin(x)plt.plot(x, y, ls='-.', lw=2, c='c', label='sin(x)')
plt.legend()plt.axvspan(xmin=4.0, xmax=6.0, facecolor='y', alpha=0.3)
plt.axhspan(ymin=0.0, ymax=0.5, facecolor='y', alpha=0.3)plt.show()

函数功能: 添加图形内容细节的指向型注释文本
调用签名: plt.annotate(string,xy=(np.pi/2, 1.0), xytext=((np.pi/2)+0.15, 1.5), weight=‘bold’, color=‘b’, arrowprops=dict(arrowstyle=‘->’, connectionstyle=‘arc3’, color=‘b’))
参数说明:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as npx = np.linspace(0.05, 10, 1000)
y = np.sin(x)plt.plot(x, y, ls='-.', lw=2, c='c', label='sin(x)')
plt.legend()plt.annotate("maximum",xy=(np.pi/2, 1.0),xytext=(np.pi/2+1.0, 0.8),weight='bold',color='b',arrowprops=dict(arrowstyle='->', connectionstyle='arc3', color='b'))plt.show()

函数功能: 添加图形内容细节的无指向型注释文本
调用签名: plt.text(x, y, string, weigth=‘bold’, color=‘b’)
参数说明:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as npx = np.linspace(0.05, 10, 1000)
y = np.sin(x)plt.plot(x, y, ls='-', lw=2, c='c', label='sin(x)')
plt.legend() # 显示图例plt.text(3.10, 0.09, "y=sin(x)", weight="bold", color="b")plt.show()

函数功能: 添加图形内容的标题
调用签名: plt.title(string)
参数说明:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as npx = np.linspace(0.05, 10, 1000)
y = np.sin(x)plt.plot(x, y, ls='-', lw=2, c='c', label='sin(x)')
plt.legend() # 显示图例plt.title('sin(x)') # 标题plt.show()

函数功能: 标识不同图形的文本标签图例
调用签名: plt.legend(loc=‘lower left’)
参数说明:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as npx = np.linspace(0.05, 10, 1000)
y = np.sin(x)plt.plot(x, y, ls='-', lw=2, c='c', label='sin(x)')
plt.legend(loc='lower left') # 显示图例plt.title('sin(x)') # 标题plt.show()

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
from matplotlib import cm as cm # color map# define data
x = np.linspace(0.5, 3.5, 100)
y = np.sin(x)
y1 = np.random.randn(100)# scatter figure
plt.scatter(x, y1, c='0.25', label='scatter figure')# plot figure
plt.plot(x, y, ls='--', lw=2, c='r', label='plot figure')# some clean up (removing chartjunk)
for spine in plt.gca().spines.keys():if spine == "top" or spine == "right":plt.gca().spines[spine].set_color('none')# turn bottom ticks for x-axis on
plt.gca().xaxis.set_ticks_position('bottom')
# set tick_line position of bottom# turn left ticks for y-axis on
plt.gca().yaxis.set_ticks_position('left')
# set tick_line position of left# set x,yaxis limit
plt.xlim(0.0, 4.0)
plt.ylim(-3.0, 3.0)# set axes labels
plt.xlabel('x_axis')
plt.ylabel('y_axis')# set x,yaxis grid
plt.grid(True, ls=':', color='r')# add a horizontal line across the axis
plt.axhline(y=0.0, c='r', ls='--', lw=2)# add a vertical span across the axis
plt.axvspan(xmin=1.0, xmax=2.0, facecolor='y', alpha=0.3)# set annotating info
plt.annotate('maximum', xy=(np.pi / 2, 1.0),xytext=(np.pi / 2 + 0.15, 1.5), weight='bold', color='r',arrowprops=dict(arrowstyle='->', connectionstyle='arc3', color='r'))plt.annotate('spines', xy=(0.75, -3),xytext=(0.35, -2.25), weight='bold', color='b',arrowprops=dict(arrowstyle='->', connectionstyle='arc3', color='b'))plt.annotate('', xy=(0, -2.78),xytext=(0.4, -2.32),arrowprops=dict(arrowstyle='->', connectionstyle='arc3', color='b'))plt.annotate('', xy=(3.5, -2.98),xytext=(3.6, -2.70),arrowprops=dict(arrowstyle='->', connectionstyle='arc3', color='b'))# set text info
plt.text(3.6, -2.70, "'|' is tickline", weight='bold', color='b')
plt.text(3.6, -2.95, "3.5 is ticklabel", weight='bold', color='b')# set title
plt.title('structure of matplotlib')# set legend
plt.legend()plt.show()
