.. 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_pyplots_pyplot_formatstr.py: ==================== plot() format string ==================== Use a format string (here, 'ro') to set the color and markers of a `~matplotlib.axes.Axes.plot`. .. code-block:: default import matplotlib.pyplot as plt plt.plot([1, 2, 3, 4], [1, 4, 9, 16], 'ro') plt.show() .. image:: /gallery/pyplots/images/sphx_glr_pyplot_formatstr_001.png :class: sphx-glr-single-img ------------ References """""""""" The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown in this example: .. code-block:: default import matplotlib matplotlib.pyplot.plot matplotlib.axes.Axes.plot .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out Out: .. code-block:: none .. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_pyplots_pyplot_formatstr.py: .. only :: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer :class: sphx-glr-footer-example .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Python source code: pyplot_formatstr.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: pyplot_formatstr.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_