Matplotlib Cheat Sheet by Justin1209

x_values
days = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
y_values1
money_spent = [10, 12, 12, 10, 14, 22, 24]
y_values2
money_spent_2 = [11, 14, 15, 15, 22, 21, 12]

assigend to one plot
plt.plot(days, money_spent)
plt.plot(days, money_spent_2)

plt.show()

# Create subplots
plt.subplot(rows, columns, index_of_subplot)
# Example
# First Subplot
plt.subplot(1, 2, 1)
plt.plot(x, y, color='green')

# Second Subplot
plt.subplot(1, 2, 2)
plt.plot(x, y, color='steelblue')

# Format Subplots
plt.subplots_adjust(arguements)
left, right, top, bottom -margin
wspace, hspace horizontal/vertical margin between plots

# Create Legend
plt.legend(["first_line", "second_line", loc=])

# loc Numbercode
1  upper left
2  upper right
3  lower left
4  lower right
5  right
6  center left
7  center right
8  lower center
9  upper center
10 center

# Create Figure with custom size
plt.figure(figsize=(width, heigth)) 
plt.plot(x, y)
plt.savefig('tall_and_narrow.png/ .svg/ .pdf')

# Specify subplot to modify
ax1 = plt.subplot(row, column, index)
# Attributes
ax1.set_xticks([1, 2, 4])
ax1.set_yticks([0.1, 0.2, ...])

ax1.set_xticklabels(["Jan", "Feb", "Apr"], rotation=30)
# rotation=degrees rotates the labels 

ax1.set_yticklabels(["10%", "20%", ...])

plt.text(x_coord, y_coord, "text");

plt.scatter(x_values, y_values)

# We have to specifiy the location of each Dataset in the Plot using this pattern:  

n = ?  # Number of specific dataset
t = ? # Number of datasets
d = ? # Number of sets of bars
w = 0.8 # Width of each bar

x_values1 = [t*element + w*n for element in range(d)]

# Get x_values in the middle of both bars
middle_x = [ (a + b) / 2.0 for a, b in zip(x_values1, x_values2)]

# We use the keyword bottom to do this
# The top bar will have bottom set as height

# First Bar
video_game_hours = [1, 2, 2, 1, 2]
plt.bar(range(len(video_game_hours)),
  video_game_hours) 

# Second Bar
book_hours = [2, 3, 4, 2, 1]
plt.bar(range(len(book_hours)),
  book_hours,
  bottom=video_game_hours)

# Get each bottom for 3+ bars
sport_hours = np.add(video_game_hours, book_hours)

# Use the keyword yerr to repersent the error range

values = [10, 13, 11, 15, 20]
yerr = [1, 3, 0.5, 2, 4] # singe value possible
plt.bar(y, x, yerr=yerr, capsize=10)
plt.show()

x = range(3)
y = [10, 12, 13]

y_lower = [8, 10, 11]
y_upper = [i + 2 for i in y_values]

# Calculate a % deviation
y_lower_bound = [element - (element * error_in_decimal) for element in original_list_of_y_values]

#this is the shaded error
plt.fill_between(x, y_lower, y_upper, alpha=0.2)

#this is the line itself
plt.plot(x, y)

plt.show()

payment_names = ["Card Swipe", "Cash", "Apple Pay", "Other"]
payment_freqs = [270, 77, 32, 11]

# Creating Pie Chart
plt.pie(payment_freqs)
plt.axis('equal')

# Two Methods for Labeling
# First Method
plt.legend(payment_names)
# Second Method (directly when creating)
plt.pie(payment_freqs, labels=payment_names)

Show percentages of total in each slice:
plt.pie(payment_freqs, labels=payment_names, autopct='%0.1f%%')
# autopct takes a string formatting instruction
# %d%% -> round to decimal

plt.show()

# Create one Histogram
plt.hist(dataset, range=(0,100), bins=20)
# Specifiy number of bins (default = 10)

# Create multiple Histograms
plt.hist(a, alpha=0.5, normed=True)
plt.hist(b, histtype='step', linewidth=2 normed=True)