.. only:: html
.. 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:
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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
:alt: pyplot formatstr
:class: sphx-glr-single-img
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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 sphx-glr-download-python
:download:`Download Python source code: pyplot_formatstr.py `
.. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter
:download:`Download Jupyter notebook: pyplot_formatstr.ipynb `
.. only:: html
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature
Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot
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