.. _shapes_and_collections-scatter_demo: shapes_and_collections example code: scatter_demo.py ==================================================== .. plot:: /home/tcaswell/source/my_source/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/shapes_and_collections/scatter_demo.py :: """ Simple demo of a scatter plot. """ import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt N = 50 x = np.random.rand(N) y = np.random.rand(N) colors = np.random.rand(N) area = np.pi * (15 * np.random.rand(N))**2 # 0 to 15 point radiuses plt.scatter(x, y, s=area, c=colors, alpha=0.5) plt.show() Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)