style_sheets example code: plot_fivethirtyeight.py

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"""
This shows an example of the "fivethirtyeight" styling, which
tries to replicate the styles from FiveThirtyEight.com.
"""


from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

x = np.linspace(0, 10)

with plt.style.context('fivethirtyeight'):
    plt.plot(x, np.sin(x) + x + np.random.randn(50))
    plt.plot(x, np.sin(x) + 0.5 * x + np.random.randn(50))
    plt.plot(x, np.sin(x) + 2 * x + np.random.randn(50))


plt.show()

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