.. _sphx_glr_gallery_lines_bars_and_markers_simple_plot.py: =========== Simple Plot =========== Create a simple plot. .. image:: /gallery/lines_bars_and_markers/images/sphx_glr_simple_plot_001.png :align: center .. code-block:: python import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np # Data for plotting t = np.arange(0.0, 2.0, 0.01) s = 1 + np.sin(2 * np.pi * t) # Note that using plt.subplots below is equivalent to using # fig = plt.figure and then ax = fig.add_subplot(111) fig, ax = plt.subplots() ax.plot(t, s) ax.set(xlabel='time (s)', ylabel='voltage (mV)', title='About as simple as it gets, folks') ax.grid() fig.savefig("test.png") plt.show() **Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes 0.059 seconds) .. only :: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Python source code: simple_plot.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: simple_plot.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_