.. 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_shapes_and_collections_scatter.py: ============ Scatter plot ============ This example showcases a simple scatter plot. .. code-block:: default 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 = (30 * np.random.rand(N))**2 # 0 to 15 point radii plt.scatter(x, y, s=area, c=colors, alpha=0.5) plt.show() .. image:: /gallery/shapes_and_collections/images/sphx_glr_scatter_001.png :class: sphx-glr-single-img ------------ References """""""""" The use of the following functions and methods is shown in this example: .. code-block:: default import matplotlib matplotlib.axes.Axes.scatter matplotlib.pyplot.scatter .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out Out: .. code-block:: none .. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_shapes_and_collections_scatter.py: .. only :: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer :class: sphx-glr-footer-example .. 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 Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_