\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{gabriellerab} \pdfinfo{ /Title (matplotlib-pyplot.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (gabriellerab) /Subject (matplotlib.pyplot Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{D95C14} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{FCF4F0} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{matplotlib.pyplot Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{gabriellerab} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/61175/cs/16431/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}gabriellerab \\ \uline{cheatography.com/gabriellerab} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Published 22nd July, 2018.\\ Updated 22nd July, 2018.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Importing the library}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{import matplotlib.pyplot as plt} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{0.9154 cm} x{1.00694 cm} x{2.65466 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Plots and key arguments}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Line graph & \seqsplit{plt.plot()} & (x\_data, y\_data) \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Scatter plot & \seqsplit{plt.scatter()} & (x\_data, y\_data) \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Bar chart & \seqsplit{plt.bar()} & (x\_locs, bar\_heights, width = int) \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Histogram} & \seqsplit{plt.hist()} & (data, bins = int) \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Pie chart & \seqsplit{plt.pie()} & (data, labels = list) \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.4931 cm} x{3.4839 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Optional arguments}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} color ="color" & Change plot color \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} marker = "symbol" & Change marker for line or scatter plot (".", "x", "|", "o") \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} markersize = int & Change marker size \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} linewidth = int & Change line width for line graph \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} cmap = colormap & Color plot according to a colormap \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.94103 cm} x{3.03597 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Key functions}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} plt.clf() & Clear figure \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{plt.savefig("filename")} & Save figure (call before plt.show()) \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} plt.show() & Show figure \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.04057 cm} x{2.93643 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Axis functions}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} plt.xlim(xmin, xmax) & Set the limits for the x axis \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} plt.ylim(ymin, ymax) & Set the limits for the y axis \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{plt.xscale("scale} type") & Set scale for the x axis (ex. "log") \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{plt.yscale("scale} type") & Set scale for the y axis (ex. "log") \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} plt.twinx() & Add a second y axis \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} plt.axis("off") & Do not show the axes \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{plt.gca().invert\_} xaxis() & Invert the x axis \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{plt.gca().invert\_} yaxis() & Invert the y axis \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.78712 cm} x{2.18988 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Labeling functions}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} plt.title("title") & Add a title \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} plt.xlabel("x axis label") & Add a label to the x axis \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} plt.ylabel("y axis label") & Add a label to the y axis \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} plt.legend(loc = int) & Add a legend \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} plt.xticks(range(min, max, interval) & Modify the x axis tick marks \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Multiple plots}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{plt.plot(x\_data1, y\_data1) \newline plt.plot(x\_data2, y\_data2) \newline plt.plot(x\_data3, y\_data3) \newline \newline plt.show()} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{You can put multiple plots in one figure by defining each one before plt.show() or plt.savefig()} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Using colormaps}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\# Choose a colormap and assign to a variable \newline cm = \seqsplit{plt.cm.get\_cmap("RdYlBu")} \newline \newline \# Set the color map in a plot \newline plt.scatter(x\_data, y\_data, cmap=cm)} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{See all colormaps here: \seqsplit{https://matplotlib.org/users/colormaps.html}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}