Basics of Matplotlib

In this lesson, we will learn some basic features of Matplotlib, including key terms and their definitions.

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What is Matplotlib? Matplotlib elements Matplotlib is a versatile tool that can be used to create many different plot elements. As such, it can be confusing to new users. Before trying to create a plot, let’s make sure to define some basic terms first.

The first question is what is a figure? You may see some code like below.

plot.set_title("This is a figure.")
axes.set_title("This is a figure.")

What is a plot? What is a axes? What are differences between them? How to draw a figure, by figure or axes?

Below is an official image which tell us some important parts of a figure.

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