.. note:: :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note Click :ref:`here ` to download the full example code .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title .. _sphx_glr_gallery_lines_bars_and_markers_stem_plot.py: ========= Stem Plot ========= Stem plot plots vertical lines from baseline to the y-coordinate Plotting cosine(x) w.r.t x, using '-.' as the pattern for plotting vertical lines .. code-block:: default import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np # returns 10 evenly spaced samples from 0.1 to 2*PI x = np.linspace(0.1, 2 * np.pi, 10) markerline, stemlines, baseline = plt.stem(x, np.cos(x), '-.') # setting property of baseline with color red and linewidth 2 plt.setp(baseline, color='r', linewidth=2) plt.show() .. image:: /gallery/lines_bars_and_markers/images/sphx_glr_stem_plot_001.png :class: sphx-glr-single-img This example makes use of: * :meth:`matplotlib.axes.Axes.stem` .. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_lines_bars_and_markers_stem_plot.py: .. only :: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer :class: sphx-glr-footer-example .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Python source code: stem_plot.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: stem_plot.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_