\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. 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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}{How to install matplotlib,}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Using pip, \newline % Row Count 1 (+ 1) {\bf{pip install matplotlib}}% Row Count 2 (+ 1) } \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}{How to import matplotlib.pyplot}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{In Python, \newline % Row Count 1 (+ 1) {\bf{import matplotlib.pyplot as plt}}% Row Count 2 (+ 1) } \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}{How to plot two arrays}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Plot the two arrays using Plot function \newline % Row Count 1 (+ 1) {\bf{Example:}} \newline % Row Count 2 (+ 1) `import matplotlib.pyplot as plt` \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 1) `x = {[}0,1,2,3,4,5,6{]}` \newline % Row Count 4 (+ 1) `y = {[}9,10,11,12,13,14,15{]}` \newline % Row Count 5 (+ 1) `\# Plots the x and y` \newline % Row Count 6 (+ 1) `plt.plot(x,y)` \newline % Row Count 7 (+ 1) `\# Display the plot` \newline % Row Count 8 (+ 1) `plt.show()` \newline % Row Count 9 (+ 1) {\bf{Additional arguments to Plot function:}} \newline % Row Count 10 (+ 1) {\bf{marker\_symbol:}} to draw each point with a specified marker \newline % Row Count 12 (+ 2) {\bf{Syntax:}} \newline % Row Count 13 (+ 1) `plt.plot(x\_points, y\_points, marker = 'marker\_symbol')` \newline % Row Count 15 (+ 2) marker\_symbol can be 'o','*','+','s','d' etc \newline % Row Count 16 (+ 1) {\bf{line\_symbol:}} to connect different points \newline % Row Count 17 (+ 1) {\bf{Syntax:}} \newline % Row Count 18 (+ 1) `plt.plot(x\_points, y\_points, linestyle = 'line\_symbol')` \newline % Row Count 20 (+ 2) line\_symbol can be '-',':','-{}-' etc \newline % Row Count 21 (+ 1) {\bf{color\_symbol:}} Color of the plot \newline % Row Count 22 (+ 1) {\bf{Syntax:}} \newline % Row Count 23 (+ 1) `plt.plot(x\_points, y\_points, color = 'color\_symbol')` \newline % Row Count 25 (+ 2) color\_symbol can be 'r','g','b' etc \newline % Row Count 26 (+ 1) {\bf{Shortcut Syntax for all arguments:}} \newline % Row Count 27 (+ 1) `plt.plot(x\_points,y\_points,'marker\_symbol:line\_symbol:color\_symbol')`% Row Count 29 (+ 2) } \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}{Create Labels for Plot}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{xlabel() and ylabel()}} functions to set a label for the x-axis and y-axis. \newline % Row Count 2 (+ 2) {\bf{title()}} function to set the title for the plot \newline % Row Count 4 (+ 2) {\bf{Syntax:}} \newline % Row Count 5 (+ 1) `plt.title(title)` \newline % Row Count 6 (+ 1) `plt.xlabel(xlabel)` \newline % Row Count 7 (+ 1) `plt.ylabel(ylabel)` \newline % Row Count 8 (+ 1) {\bf{Additional arguments to Labels function:}} \newline % Row Count 9 (+ 1) Add font details to labels() function \newline % Row Count 10 (+ 1) {\bf{Syntax:}} \newline % Row Count 11 (+ 1) `font = \{'family':'font\_type','color':'color\_symbol','size':font\_size\}` \newline % Row Count 13 (+ 2) {\bf{Example:}} \newline % Row Count 14 (+ 1) `font = \{'family':'serif','color':'b','size':30\}` \newline % Row Count 15 (+ 1) `plt.title(title, fontdict=font)`% Row Count 16 (+ 1) } \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}{Grid of the plot}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{grid()}} function to add grid lines to the plot. \newline % Row Count 2 (+ 2) {\bf{Syntax:}} \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 1) `plt.grid()` - Gridlines in x and y axis \newline % Row Count 4 (+ 1) `plt.grid(axis='x')`- Gridlines in x axis alone \newline % Row Count 5 (+ 1) `plt.grid(axis='y')` - Gridlines in y axis alone% Row Count 6 (+ 1) } \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}{Display the multiple subplot}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{subplot()}} function you can draw multiple plots in single figure itself \newline % Row Count 2 (+ 2) {\bf{Syntax:}} \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 1) `plt.subplot(rows,columns,index)` \newline % Row Count 4 (+ 1) {\emph{rows}} - Total number of rows in figure \newline % Row Count 5 (+ 1) {\emph{columns}} - Total number of cols in figure \newline % Row Count 6 (+ 1) {\emph{index}} - Index of the current plot \newline % Row Count 7 (+ 1) {\bf{Example:}} \newline % Row Count 8 (+ 1) `import matplotlib.pyplot as plt` \newline % Row Count 9 (+ 1) `\#plot 1` \newline % Row Count 10 (+ 1) `x = {[}1, 2, 3, 4{]}` \newline % Row Count 11 (+ 1) `y = {[}1, 2, 3, 4{]}` \newline % Row Count 12 (+ 1) `\#First subplot` \newline % Row Count 13 (+ 1) `plt.subplot(2, 1, 1)` \newline % Row Count 14 (+ 1) `plt.plot(x,y)` \newline % Row Count 15 (+ 1) `\#plot 2` \newline % Row Count 16 (+ 1) `x = {[}0, 1, 2, 3{]}` \newline % Row Count 17 (+ 1) `y = {[}0, -1, -2, -3{]}` \newline % Row Count 18 (+ 1) `\#Second subplot` \newline % Row Count 19 (+ 1) `plt.subplot(2, 1, 2)` \newline % Row Count 20 (+ 1) `plt.plot(x,y)` \newline % Row Count 21 (+ 1) `plt.show()`% Row Count 22 (+ 1) } \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}{Different plot types}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Scatter plot:}} \newline % Row Count 1 (+ 1) {\bf{Syntax:}} \newline % Row Count 2 (+ 1) `plt.scatter(x,y)` \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 1) {\bf{Bar plot:}} \newline % Row Count 4 (+ 1) {\emph{Vertical plot}} \newline % Row Count 5 (+ 1) {\bf{Syntax:}} \newline % Row Count 6 (+ 1) `plt.bar(x,y,width=size,height=size,color='color\_symbol')` \newline % Row Count 8 (+ 2) {\emph{Horizontal plot:}} \newline % Row Count 9 (+ 1) {\bf{Syntax:}} \newline % Row Count 10 (+ 1) `plt.barh(x,y,width=size,height=size,color='color\_symbol')` \newline % Row Count 12 (+ 2) {\bf{Histogram:}} \newline % Row Count 13 (+ 1) {\emph{Histogram is a graph showing frequency distributions.}} \newline % Row Count 15 (+ 2) {\bf{Syntax:}} \newline % Row Count 16 (+ 1) `plt.hist(x)` \newline % Row Count 17 (+ 1) {\bf{Pie chart:}} \newline % Row Count 18 (+ 1) {\bf{Syntax:}} \newline % Row Count 19 (+ 1) `plt.pie(x,labels = labels\_list)`% Row Count 20 (+ 1) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}