plot

mipylib.plotlib.miplot.plot(*args, **kwargs)

Plot lines and/or markers to the axes. args is a variable length argument, allowing for multiple x, y pairs with an optional format string.

Parameters:

• x – (array_like) Input x data.

• y – (array_like) Input y data.

• style – (string) Line style for plot.

Returns:

Legend breaks of the lines.

The following format string characters are accepted to control the line style or marker:

Character	Description
‘-’	solid line style
‘–’	dashed line style
‘-.’	dash-dot line style
‘:’	dotted line style
‘.’	point marker
‘,’	pixel marker
‘o’	circle marker
‘v’	triangle_down marker
‘^’	triangle_up marker
‘<’	triangle_left marker
‘>’	triangle_right marker
‘s’	square marker
‘p’	pentagon marker
‘*’	star marker
‘x’	x marker
‘D’	diamond marker

The following color abbreviations are supported:

Character	Color
‘b’	blue
‘g’	green
‘r’	red
‘c’	cyan
‘m’	magenta
‘y’	yellow
‘k’	black

Examples:

y = [1,4,9,16]
plot(y)    # plot y using x as index array 0..N-1

x = [1,2,3,4]
y = [1,4,9,16]
plot(x, y)    # plot x and y using default line style and color

x = [1,2,3,4]
y = [1,4,9,16]
plot(x, y, 'b--*')    # plot x and y using blue dash line and star marker style

t = arange(0., 5., 0.2)
plot(t, t, 'r--', t, t**2, 'bs', t, t**3, 'g^')
legend(loc='custom',x=0.2,y=0.4)
title('Multiple lines')