.. _sphx_glr_gallery_shapes_and_collections_scatter.py: ============ Scatter plot ============ This example showcases a simple scatter plot. .. image:: /gallery/shapes_and_collections/images/sphx_glr_scatter_001.png :align: center .. code-block:: python import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt # Fixing random state for reproducibility np.random.seed(19680801) 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 radii plt.scatter(x, y, s=area, c=colors, alpha=0.5) plt.show() **Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes 0.089 seconds) .. only :: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Python source code: scatter.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: scatter.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_