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	~~== The goal ==~~
	There a lot of functions in matplotlib.pyplot. Here I list the more important ones.		There a lot of functions in matplotlib.pyplot. Here I list the more important ones.

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	more [https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/pyplot_summary.html#colormapping Colormapping]		more [https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/pyplot_summary.html#colormapping Colormapping]
	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
	\|clim		\|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.clim.html#matplotlib.pyplot.clim clim]
	\|Set the color limits of the current image.		\|Set the color limits of the current image.
	\|-		\|-
	\|colorbar		\|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.colorbar.html#matplotlib.pyplot.colorbar colorbar]
	\|Add a colorbar to a plot.		\|Add a colorbar to a plot.
	\|-		\|-
	\|sci		\|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.sci.html#matplotlib.pyplot.sci sci]
	\|Set the current image.		\|Set the current image.
	\|-		\|-
	\|get_cmap		\|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.get_cmap.html#matplotlib.pyplot.get_cmap get_cmap]
	\|Get a colormap instance, defaulting to rc values if name is None.		\|Get a colormap instance, defaulting to rc values if name is None.
	\|-		\|-
	\|set_cmap		\|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.set_cmap.html#matplotlib.pyplot.set_cmap set_cmap]
	\|Set the default colormap, and applies it to the current image if any.		\|Set the default colormap, and applies it to the current image if any.
	\|-		\|-
	\|imread		\|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.imread.html#matplotlib.pyplot.imread imread]
	\|Read an image from a file into an array.		\|Read an image from a file into an array.
	\|-		\|-
	\|imsave		\|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.imsave.html#matplotlib.pyplot.imsave imsave]
	\|Colormap and save an array as an image file.		\|Colormap and save an array as an image file.
	\|}		\|}

Davrot: Created page with "== The goal == There a lot of functions in matplotlib.pyplot. Here I list the more important ones. Questions to [mailto:davrot@uni-bremen.de David Rotermund]
'''pylab''' is a historic interface and '''its use is strongly discouraged'''. The equivalent replacement is matplotlib.pyplot
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== The goal ==
There a lot of functions in matplotlib.pyplot. Here I list the more important ones.

Questions to [mailto:davrot@uni-bremen.de David Rotermund]<blockquote>'''pylab''' is a historic interface and '''its use is strongly discouraged'''. The equivalent replacement is matplotlib.pyplot</blockquote>

== [https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/pyplot_summary.html#managing-figure-and-axes Managing Figure and Axes] ==
{| class="wikitable"
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.axes.html#matplotlib.pyplot.axes axes]
|Add an Axes to the current figure and make it the current Axes.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.cla.html#matplotlib.pyplot.cla cla]
|Clear the current axes.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.clf.html#matplotlib.pyplot.clf clf]
|Clear the current figure.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.close.html#matplotlib.pyplot.close close]
|Close a figure window.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.delaxes.html#matplotlib.pyplot.delaxes delaxes]
|Remove an Axes (defaulting to the current axes) from its figure.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.fignum_exists.html#matplotlib.pyplot.fignum_exists fignum_exists]
|Return whether the figure with the given id exists.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.figure.html#matplotlib.pyplot.figure figure]
|Create a new figure, or activate an existing figure.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.gca.html#matplotlib.pyplot.gca gca]
|Get the current Axes.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.gcf.html#matplotlib.pyplot.gcf gcf]
|Get the current figure.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.get_figlabels.html#matplotlib.pyplot.get_figlabels get_figlabels]
|Return a list of existing figure labels.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.get_fignums.html#matplotlib.pyplot.get_fignums get_fignums]
|Return a list of existing figure numbers.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.sca.html#matplotlib.pyplot.sca sca]
|Set the current Axes to ax and the current Figure to the parent of ax.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.subplot.html#matplotlib.pyplot.subplot subplot]
|Add an Axes to the current figure or retrieve an existing Axes.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.subplot2grid.html#matplotlib.pyplot.subplot2grid subplot2grid]
|Create a subplot at a specific location inside a regular grid.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.subplot_mosaic.html#matplotlib.pyplot.subplot_mosaic subplot_mosaic]
|Build a layout of Axes based on ASCII art or nested lists.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.subplots.html#matplotlib.pyplot.subplots subplots]
|Create a figure and a set of subplots.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.twinx.html#matplotlib.pyplot.twinx twinx]
|Make and return a second axes that shares the x-axis.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.twiny.html#matplotlib.pyplot.twiny twiny]
|Make and return a second axes that shares the y-axis.
|}

== [https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/pyplot_summary.html#basic Basic] ==
more [https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/pyplot_summary.html#basic Basic]
{| class="wikitable"
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.plot.html#matplotlib.pyplot.plot plot]
|Plot y versus x as lines and/or markers.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.errorbar.html#matplotlib.pyplot.errorbar errorbar]
|Plot y versus x as lines and/or markers with attached errorbars.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.scatter.html#matplotlib.pyplot.scatter scatter]
|A scatter plot of y vs.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.step.html#matplotlib.pyplot.step step]
|Make a step plot.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.loglog.html#matplotlib.pyplot.loglog loglog]
|Make a plot with log scaling on both the x- and y-axis.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.semilogx.html#matplotlib.pyplot.semilogx semilogx]
|Make a plot with log scaling on the x-axis.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.semilogy.html#matplotlib.pyplot.semilogy semilogy]
|Make a plot with log scaling on the y-axis.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.bar.html#matplotlib.pyplot.bar bar]
|Make a bar plot.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.barh.html#matplotlib.pyplot.barh barh]
|Make a horizontal bar plot.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.bar_label.html#matplotlib.pyplot.bar_label bar_label]
|Label a bar plot.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.pie.html#matplotlib.pyplot.pie pie]
|Plot a pie chart.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.vlines.html#matplotlib.pyplot.vlines vlines]
|Plot vertical lines at each x from ymin to ymax.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.hlines.html#matplotlib.pyplot.hlines hlines]
|Plot horizontal lines at each y from xmin to xmax.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.fill.html#matplotlib.pyplot.fill fill]
|Plot filled polygons.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.polar.html#matplotlib.pyplot.polar polar]
|Make a polar plot.
|}

== [https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/pyplot_summary.html#spans Spans] ==
[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/pyplot_summary.html#spans Spans]

== [https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/pyplot_summary.html#spectral Spectral] ==
[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/pyplot_summary.html#spectral Spectral]

== [https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/pyplot_summary.html#spectral Binned] ==
more [https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/pyplot_summary.html#spectral Binned]
{| class="wikitable"
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.hist.html#matplotlib.pyplot.hist hist]
|Compute and plot a histogram.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.hist2d.html#matplotlib.pyplot.hist2d hist2d]
|Make a 2D histogram plot.
|}

== [https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/pyplot_summary.html#contours Contours] ==
{| class="wikitable"
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.clabel.html#matplotlib.pyplot.clabel clabel]
|Label a contour plot.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.contour.html#matplotlib.pyplot.contour contour]
|Plot contour lines.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.contourf.html#matplotlib.pyplot.contourf contourf]
|Plot filled contours.
|}

== [https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/pyplot_summary.html#d-arrays 2D arrays] ==
more [https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/pyplot_summary.html#d-arrays 2D arrays]
{| class="wikitable"
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.imshow.html#matplotlib.pyplot.imshow imshow]
|Display data as an image, i.e., on a 2D regular raster.
|}

== [https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/pyplot_summary.html#unstructured-triangles Unstructured triangles] ==
[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/pyplot_summary.html#unstructured-triangles Unstructured triangles]

== [https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/pyplot_summary.html#unstructured-triangles Text and annotations] ==
{| class="wikitable"
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.annotate.html#matplotlib.pyplot.annotate annotate]
|Annotate the point xy with text text.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.text.html#matplotlib.pyplot.text text]
|Add text to the Axes.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.figtext.html#matplotlib.pyplot.figtext figtext]
|Add text to figure.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.table.html#matplotlib.pyplot.table table]
|Add a table to an Axes.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.arrow.html#matplotlib.pyplot.arrow arrow]
|Add an arrow to the Axes.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.figlegend.html#matplotlib.pyplot.figlegend figlegend]
|Place a legend on the figure.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.legend.html#matplotlib.pyplot.legend legend]
|Place a legend on the Axes.
|}

== [https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/pyplot_summary.html#vector-fields Vector fields] ==
[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/pyplot_summary.html#vector-fields Vector fields]

== [https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/pyplot_summary.html#axis-configuration Axis configuration] ==
{| class="wikitable"
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.autoscale.html#matplotlib.pyplot.autoscale autoscale]
|Autoscale the axis view to the data (toggle).
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.axis.html#matplotlib.pyplot.axis axis]
|Convenience method to get or set some axis properties.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.box.html#matplotlib.pyplot.box box]
|Turn the axes box on or off on the current axes.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.grid.html#matplotlib.pyplot.grid grid]
|Configure the grid lines.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.locator_params.html#matplotlib.pyplot.locator_params locator_params]
|Control behavior of major tick locators.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.minorticks_off.html#matplotlib.pyplot.minorticks_off minorticks_off]
|Remove minor ticks from the Axes.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.minorticks_on.html#matplotlib.pyplot.minorticks_on minorticks_on]
|Display minor ticks on the Axes.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.rgrids.html#matplotlib.pyplot.rgrids rgrids]
|Get or set the radial gridlines on the current polar plot.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.thetagrids.html#matplotlib.pyplot.thetagrids thetagrids]
|Get or set the theta gridlines on the current polar plot.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.tick_params.html#matplotlib.pyplot.tick_params tick_params]
|Change the appearance of ticks, tick labels, and gridlines.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.ticklabel_format.html#matplotlib.pyplot.ticklabel_format ticklabel_format]
|Configure the ScalarFormatter used by default for linear Axes.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.xlabel.html#matplotlib.pyplot.xlabel xlabel]
|Set the label for the x-axis.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.xlim.html#matplotlib.pyplot.xlim xlim]
|Get or set the x limits of the current axes.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.xscale.html#matplotlib.pyplot.xscale xscale]
|Set the xaxis’ scale.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.xticks.html#matplotlib.pyplot.xticks xticks]
|Get or set the current tick locations and labels of the x-axis.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.ylabel.html#matplotlib.pyplot.ylabel ylabel]
|Set the label for the y-axis.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.ylim.html#matplotlib.pyplot.ylim ylim]
|Get or set the y-limits of the current axes.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.yscale.html#matplotlib.pyplot.yscale yscale]
|Set the yaxis’ scale.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.yticks.html#matplotlib.pyplot.yticks yticks]
|Get or set the current tick locations and labels of the y-axis.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.title.html#matplotlib.pyplot.title title]
|Set a title for the Axes.
|}

== [https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/pyplot_summary.html#layout Layout] ==
more [https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/pyplot_summary.html#layout Layout]
{| class="wikitable"
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.margins.html#matplotlib.pyplot.margins margins]
|Set or retrieve autoscaling margins.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.subplots_adjust.html#matplotlib.pyplot.subplots_adjust subplots_adjust]
|Adjust the subplot layout parameters.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.tight_layout.html#matplotlib.pyplot.tight_layout tight_layout]
|Adjust the padding between and around subplots.
|}

== [https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/pyplot_summary.html#colormapping Colormapping] ==
more [https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/pyplot_summary.html#colormapping Colormapping]
{| class="wikitable"
|clim
|Set the color limits of the current image.
|-
|colorbar
|Add a colorbar to a plot.
|-
|sci
|Set the current image.
|-
|get_cmap
|Get a colormap instance, defaulting to rc values if name is None.
|-
|set_cmap
|Set the default colormap, and applies it to the current image if any.
|-
|imread
|Read an image from a file into an array.
|-
|imsave
|Colormap and save an array as an image file.
|}

== [https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/pyplot_summary.html#configuration Configuration] ==
more [https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/pyplot_summary.html#configuration Configuration]
{| class="wikitable"
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.rc.html#matplotlib.pyplot.rc rc]
|Set the current rcParams. group is the grouping for the rc, e.g., for lines.linewidth the group is lines, for axes.facecolor, the group is axes, and so on. Group may also be a list or tuple of group names, e.g., (xtick, ytick). kwargs is a dictionary attribute name/value pairs, e.g.,::.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.rcdefaults.html#matplotlib.pyplot.rcdefaults rcdefaults]
|Restore the rcParams from Matplotlib’s internal default style.
|}

== [https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/pyplot_summary.html#output Output] ==
more [https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/pyplot_summary.html#output Output]
{| class="wikitable"
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.draw.html#matplotlib.pyplot.draw draw]
|Redraw the current figure.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.ioff.html#matplotlib.pyplot.ioff ioff]
|Disable interactive mode.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.ion.html#matplotlib.pyplot.ion ion]
|Enable interactive mode.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.pause.html#matplotlib.pyplot.pause pause]
|Run the GUI event loop for interval seconds.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.savefig.html#matplotlib.pyplot.savefig savefig]
|Save the current figure.
|-
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.show.html#matplotlib.pyplot.show show]
|Display all open figures.
|}

== [https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/pyplot_summary.html#other Other] ==
more [https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/pyplot_summary.html#other Other]
{| class="wikitable"
|[https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.waitforbuttonpress.html#matplotlib.pyplot.waitforbuttonpress waitforbuttonpress]
|Blocking call to interact with the figure.
|}

Overview of the available functions - Revision history

Davrot at 17:07, 17 October 2025