Note Go to the end to download the full example code. stem(x, y)# Create a stem plot. See stem. import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np plt.style.use('_mpl-gallery') # make data x = 0.5 + np.arange(8) y = [4.8, 5.5, 3.5, 4.6, 6.5, 6.6, 2.6, 3.0] # plot fig, ax = plt.subplots() ax.stem(x, y) ax.set(xlim=(0, 8), xticks=np.arange(1, 8), ylim=(0, 8), yticks=np.arange(1, 8)) plt.show() Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery