Animated scatter saved as GIF

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import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.animation as animation

fig, ax = plt.subplots()
ax.set_xlim([0, 10])

scat = ax.scatter(1, 0)
x = np.linspace(0, 10)


def animate(i):
    scat.set_offsets((x[i], 0))
    return scat,

ani = animation.FuncAnimation(fig, animate, repeat=True,
                                    frames=len(x) - 1, interval=50)

# To save the animation using Pillow as a gif
# writer = animation.PillowWriter(fps=15,
#                                 metadata=dict(artist='Me'),
#                                 bitrate=1800)
# ani.save('scatter.gif', writer=writer)

plt.show()