Matplotlib Introduction
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Data Visualization with Matplotlib
- Welcome to this tutorial, here we are going to get familiar with python's most well-known module for graphing.
- We'll look at how to use Matplotlib to make visually attractive graphs and charts that present data in interesting and educational ways.
- By the end of this section, you'll know how to create and personalize line graphs, bar charts, pie charts, and histograms
About Matplotlib
- Matplotlib is a python library that is used as a visualization advantage.
- It was created by John D. Hunter.
- It is open source and is mostly written in python. However, a few parts of it were written in C, Obj-C, and Javascript.
Installation of Matplotlib
- The installation is very easy when you have python and pip already installed on your system using this command:
C:\Users\Your Name>pip install matplotlibYou can also use Anaconda, Spyder which already comes with Matplotlib.
Importing of Matplotlib
- After installation, it's time to import the Matplotlib library in your python code have some visualization and get some insights.
- Use the import keyword for this:
import matplotlib - You can also check the version of matplotlib using __version__ attribute:
import matplotlib print(matplotlib.__version__)
