matplotlib.axes.Axes.stem

Axes.stem(*args, data=None, **kwargs)

Create a stem plot.

Call signatures:

stem(y, linefmt='b-', markerfmt='bo', basefmt='r-')
stem(x, y, linefmt='b-', markerfmt='bo', basefmt='r-')

A stem plot plots vertical lines (using linefmt) at each x location from the baseline to y, and places a marker there using markerfmt. A horizontal line at 0 is plotted using basefmt.

If no x values are provided, the default is (0, 1, …, len(y) - 1)

Return value is a tuple (markerline, stemlines, baseline). See StemContainer

See also

This document for details.

Note

In addition to the above described arguments, this function can take a data keyword argument. If such a data argument is given, the following arguments are replaced by data[<arg>]:

• All positional and all keyword arguments.