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functions listed below, as well as non-plotting functions from
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<a href="api/mlab_api.html">matplotlib.mlab</a>.</p>
<h3>plotting commands</h3> <br/>
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<tr><th>Function</th><th>Description</th></tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.acorr">acorr</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
plot the autocorrelation function
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.annotate">annotate</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
annotate something in the figure
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.arrow">arrow</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
add an arrow to the axes
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.axes">axes</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
create a new axes
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.axhline">axhline</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
draw a horizontal line across axes
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.axvline">axvline</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
draw a vertical line across axes
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.axhspan">axhspan</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
draw a horizontal bar across axes
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.axvspan">axvspan</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
draw a vertical bar across axes
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.axis">axis</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
set or return the current axis limits
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.barbs">barbs</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
a (wind) barb plot
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.bar">bar</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
make a bar chart
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.barh">barh</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
a horizontal bar chart
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.broken_barh">broken_barh</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
a set of horizontal bars with gaps
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.box">box</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
set the axes frame on/off state
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.boxplot">boxplot</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
make a box and whisker plot
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.cla">cla</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
clear current axes
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.clabel">clabel</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
label a contour plot
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.clf">clf</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
clear a figure window
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.clim">clim</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
adjust the color limits of the current image
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.close">close</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
close a figure window
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.colorbar">colorbar</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
add a colorbar to the current figure
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.cohere">cohere</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
make a plot of coherence
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.contour">contour</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
make a contour plot
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.contourf">contourf</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
make a filled contour plot
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.csd">csd</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
make a plot of cross spectral density
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.delaxes">delaxes</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
delete an axes from the current figure
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.draw">draw</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
Force a redraw of the current figure
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.errorbar">errorbar</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
make an errorbar graph
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.figlegend">figlegend</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
make legend on the figure rather than the axes
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.figimage">figimage</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
make a figure image
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.figtext">figtext</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
add text in figure coords
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.figure">figure</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
create or change active figure
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.fill">fill</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
make filled polygons
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.fill_between">fill_between</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
make filled polygons between two curves
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.findobj">findobj</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
recursively find all objects matching some criteria
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.gca">gca</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
return the current axes
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.gcf">gcf</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
return the current figure
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.gci">gci</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
get the current image, or None
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.getp">getp</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
get a graphics property
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.grid">grid</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
set whether gridding is on
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.hexbin">hexbin</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
make a 2D hexagonal binning plot
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.hist">hist</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
make a histogram
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.hold">hold</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
set the axes hold state
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.ioff">ioff</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
turn interaction mode off
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.ion">ion</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
turn interaction mode on
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.isinteractive">isinteractive</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
return True if interaction mode is on
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.imread">imread</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
load image file into array
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.imsave">imsave</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
save array as an image file
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.imshow">imshow</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
plot image data
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.ishold">ishold</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
return the hold state of the current axes
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.legend">legend</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
make an axes legend
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.locator_params">locator_params</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
adjust parameters used in locating axis ticks
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.loglog">loglog</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
a log log plot
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.matshow">matshow</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
display a matrix in a new figure preserving aspect
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.margins">margins</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
set margins used in autoscaling
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.pcolor">pcolor</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
make a pseudocolor plot
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.pcolormesh">pcolormesh</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
make a pseudocolor plot using a quadrilateral mesh
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.pie">pie</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
make a pie chart
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.plot">plot</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
make a line plot
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.plot_date">plot_date</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
plot dates
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.plotfile">plotfile</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
plot column data from an ASCII tab/space/comma delimited file
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.pie">pie</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
pie charts
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.polar">polar</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
make a polar plot on a PolarAxes
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.psd">psd</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
make a plot of power spectral density
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.quiver">quiver</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
make a direction field (arrows) plot
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.rc">rc</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
control the default params
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.rgrids">rgrids</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
customize the radial grids and labels for polar
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.savefig">savefig</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
save the current figure
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.scatter">scatter</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
make a scatter plot
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.setp">setp</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
set a graphics property
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.semilogx">semilogx</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
log x axis
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.semilogy">semilogy</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
log y axis
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.show">show</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
show the figures
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.specgram">specgram</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
a spectrogram plot
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.spy">spy</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
plot sparsity pattern using markers or image
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.stem">stem</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
make a stem plot
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.subplot">subplot</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
make a subplot (numrows, numcols, axesnum)
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.subplots">subplots</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
Create a figure with subplots
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.subplots_adjust">subplots_adjust</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
change the params controlling the subplot positions of current figure
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.subplot_tool">subplot_tool</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
launch the subplot configuration tool
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.suptitle">suptitle</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
add a figure title
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.table">table</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
add a table to the plot
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.text">text</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
add some text at location x,y to the current axes
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.thetagrids">thetagrids</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
customize the radial theta grids and labels for polar
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.tick_params">tick_params</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
control the appearance of ticks and tick labels
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.ticklabel_format">ticklabel_format</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
control the format of tick labels
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.title">title</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
add a title to the current axes
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.tricontour">tricontour</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
make a contour plot on a triangular grid
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.tricontourf">tricontourf</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
make a filled contour plot on a triangular grid
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.tripcolor">tripcolor</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
make a pseudocolor plot on a triangular grid
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.triplot">triplot</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
plot a triangular grid
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.xcorr">xcorr</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
plot the autocorrelation function of x and y
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.xlim">xlim</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
set/get the xlimits
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.ylim">ylim</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
set/get the ylimits
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.xticks">xticks</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
set/get the xticks
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.yticks">yticks</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
set/get the yticks
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.xlabel">xlabel</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
add an xlabel to the current axes
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.ylabel">ylabel</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
add a ylabel to the current axes
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.autumn">autumn</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
set the default colormap to autumn
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.bone">bone</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
set the default colormap to bone
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.cool">cool</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
set the default colormap to cool
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.copper">copper</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
set the default colormap to copper
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.flag">flag</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
set the default colormap to flag
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.gray">gray</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
set the default colormap to gray
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.hot">hot</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
set the default colormap to hot
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.hsv">hsv</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
set the default colormap to hsv
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.jet">jet</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
set the default colormap to jet
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.pink">pink</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
set the default colormap to pink
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.prism">prism</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
set the default colormap to prism
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.spring">spring</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
set the default colormap to spring
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.summer">summer</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
set the default colormap to summer
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.winter">winter</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
set the default colormap to winter
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left">
<a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.spectral">spectral</a>
</th>
<td align="left">
set the default colormap to spectral
</td>
</tr>
</table>
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