Data Visualizations 4

So far, I have learn some types of plotting methods:

• Matplotlib's high-level plotting methods - e.g. .scatter(), .plot()
• Seaborn's high-level plotting methods - e.g. .distplot(), .boxplot()
• Pandas DataFrame methods - e.g. .hist(), .boxplot()

High level plotting method like scatter(), only need to input the data and the function will take care the rest of the part. Low level plotting allows users do more customization.

1. Figure, Plot. Figsize(), add_subplot() function.

　　import matplotlib.pyplot as plt # import the function

　　%matplotlib inline # Make sure that all the plots are inline

　　fig = plt.figure(figsize=(5,7)) # Create a figure which is 5 inch width, 7 inch high

　　ax = fig.add_subplot(3,3,2) # Create 3 plots inside the figure, the width for each of them is 1/3 of the figure width. The height for each plot is 1/3 of figure height. And we display the second plot.
　　plt.show()

2. Axes:  A Subplot is an abstraction that creates an Axes object whenever you call .add_subplot(). An Axes object controls how the plotting actually happens. The Axes object describes what's actually inside the plot we're interested in (like the points in a scatter plot) and also describes the x and y axes, including the ticks, labels, etc. 

 While each Figure instance can contain multiple plots, and therefore multiple Axes objects, that specify how each plot looks, each unique Axes object can only belong to one figure.

3. 　　ax.set_xlim([1,12]) # set the range of ticks for x 

　　　 ax.set_ylim([15,105])# set the range of ticks for y 

4.　　Example:

　　month_2013 = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12]
　　temperature_2013 = [32,18,40,40,50,45,52,70,85,60,57,45]
　　month_2014 = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12]
　　temperature_2014 = [35,28,35,30,40,55,50,71,75,70,67,49]# Here are data list

　　fig = plt.figure() # To create a figure and assign into fig
　　ax1 = fig.add_subplot(1,2,1) # add one plot has full width and 1/2 height of the figure
　　ax2 = fig.add_subplot(1,2,2) # add second plot has full width and 1/2 height of the figure 

　　ax1.set(xlim =(0,13),ylim = (10,110),xlabel= "month_2013",ylabel = "temperature_2013",title = "2013" ) # setup the first plot
　　ax1.scatter(month,temperature,color = "darkblue",marker = "o") # set the frist plot as scatter with darkblue background and "0" marker
　　ax2.set(xlim =(0,13),ylim = (10,110),xlabel= "month_2014",ylabel = "temperature_2014",title = "2014" ) # setup the second plot
　　ax2.scatter(month,temperature, color = "darkgreen",marker = "o") # same as ax1 scatter

　　plt.show()

转载于:https://www.cnblogs.com/kingoscar/p/5958933.html