.. 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_lines_bars_and_markers_simple_plot.py: =========== Simple Plot =========== Create a simple plot. .. code-block:: default import matplotlib import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np # Data for plotting t = np.arange(0.0, 2.0, 0.01) s = 1 + np.sin(2 * np.pi * t) fig, ax = plt.subplots() ax.plot(t, s) ax.set(xlabel='time (s)', ylabel='voltage (mV)', title='About as simple as it gets, folks') ax.grid() fig.savefig("test.png") plt.show() .. image:: /gallery/lines_bars_and_markers/images/sphx_glr_simple_plot_001.png :alt: About as simple as it gets, folks :class: sphx-glr-single-img ------------ References """""""""" The use of the following functions and methods is shown in this example: .. code-block:: default matplotlib.axes.Axes.plot matplotlib.pyplot.plot matplotlib.pyplot.subplots matplotlib.figure.Figure.savefig .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out Out: .. code-block:: none .. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_lines_bars_and_markers_simple_plot.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: simple_plot.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: simple_plot.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_