Scatter Plot
Basic scatter plot
Scatter
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
x = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
y = [50, 55, 65, 70, 75, 78, 85]
plt.figure(figsize=(7, 4))
plt.scatter(x, y)
plt.title("Hours vs score")
plt.xlabel("Hours")
plt.ylabel("Score")
plt.grid(True, alpha=0.3)
plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()Scatter
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
x = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
y = [50, 55, 65, 70, 75, 78, 85]
plt.figure(figsize=(7, 4))
plt.scatter(x, y)
plt.title("Hours vs score")
plt.xlabel("Hours")
plt.ylabel("Score")
plt.grid(True, alpha=0.3)
plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()Handle overplotting
Use transparency:
Alpha
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.figure(figsize=(7, 4))
plt.scatter(x, y, alpha=0.6)
plt.title("Scatter with alpha")
plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()Alpha
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.figure(figsize=(7, 4))
plt.scatter(x, y, alpha=0.6)
plt.title("Scatter with alpha")
plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()Annotate points
Annotate
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.figure(figsize=(7, 4))
plt.scatter(x, y)
plt.annotate("top", xy=(7, 85), xytext=(6, 88), arrowprops={"arrowstyle": "->"})
plt.title("Annotated scatter")
plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()Annotate
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.figure(figsize=(7, 4))
plt.scatter(x, y)
plt.annotate("top", xy=(7, 85), xytext=(6, 88), arrowprops={"arrowstyle": "->"})
plt.title("Annotated scatter")
plt.tight_layout()
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