Matplotlib Styles: FiveThirtyEight Case Study: Takeaways

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Matplotlib Styles: FiveThirtyEight
Case Study: Takeaways
 
by Dataquest Labs, Inc. - All rights reserved © 2023
Syntax
Concepts
Resources
Takeaways by Dataquest Labs, Inc. - All rights reserved © 2023
Using a speci
fi
c Matplotlib style:
import matplotlib.style as style
style.use('fivethirtyeight')
plt.plot([1, 2, 3], [5, 2, 7])
plt.show()
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Checking Matplotlib's styles:
print(style.available)
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Moving the x-coordinate of the left sides of the bars by using the left parameter:
ax.barh(left)
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Adding a signature bar with name and data source:
ax.text(x, y, 'Creator' + ' ' * 90 + 'Source',
color,
backgroundcolor)
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Matplotlib's pre-de
fi
ned styles change the default visual properties of graphs.
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We must call the 
style.use()
function before we create the graph.
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Once we use a certain style, all subsequent graphs will inherit that style.
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To return to the default settings, use 
style.use('default')
.
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If you want to switch between di
ff
erent styles, use style.use('default') between each change —
some of the styles can interfere with one another.
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Blog Post: FiveThirtyEight Graphs Tutorial
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Document Outline

• Matplotlib Styles: FiveThirtyEight Case Study: Takeaways
  • Syntax
  • Concepts
  • Resources