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Scatter plotΒΆ

This example showcases a simple scatter plot.

../../_images/sphx_glr_scatter_001.png
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 0.018 seconds)

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