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        "import matplotlib.pyplot as plt\nimport numpy as np\n\nimport matplotlib.animation as animation\n\nfig, ax = plt.subplots()\nax.set_xlim(0, 10)\n\nscat = ax.scatter(1, 0)\nx = np.linspace(0, 10)\n\n\ndef animate(i):\n    scat.set_offsets((x[i], 0))\n    return (scat,)\n\n\nani = animation.FuncAnimation(fig, animate, repeat=True, frames=len(x) - 1, interval=50)\n\n# To save the animation using Pillow as a gif\n# writer = animation.PillowWriter(fps=15,\n#                                 metadata=dict(artist='Me'),\n#                                 bitrate=1800)\n# ani.save('scatter.gif', writer=writer)\n\nplt.show()"
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        ".. tags::\n   component: animation,\n   plot-type: scatter,\n   purpose: reference,\n   level: intermediate\n\n"
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