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Hyperlinked table of contents for matplotlib's pyplot library.
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<h1>matplotlib.pyplot contents</h1>
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<tr><th>Method</th><th>Description</th></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.acorr">acorr</a></td><td>Plot the autocorrelation of <em>x</em>.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.annotate">annotate</a></td><td>Create an annotation: a piece of text referring to a data
point.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.arrow">arrow</a></td><td>Add an arrow to the axes.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.autoscale">autoscale</a></td><td>Autoscale the axis view to the data (toggle).</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.autumn">autumn</a></td><td>set the default colormap to autumn and apply to current image if any.
See help(colormaps) for more information</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.axes">axes</a></td><td>Add an axes to the figure.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.axhline">axhline</a></td><td>Add a horizontal line across the axis.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.axhspan">axhspan</a></td><td>Add a horizontal span (rectangle) across the axis.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.axis">axis</a></td><td>Set or get the axis properties.:</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.axvline">axvline</a></td><td>Add a vertical line across the axes.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.axvspan">axvspan</a></td><td>Add a vertical span (rectangle) across the axes.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.bar">bar</a></td><td>Make a bar plot.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.barbs">barbs</a></td><td>Plot a 2-D field of barbs.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.barh">barh</a></td><td>Make a horizontal bar plot.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.bone">bone</a></td><td>set the default colormap to bone and apply to current image if any.
See help(colormaps) for more information</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.box">box</a></td><td>Turn the axes box on or off. <em>on</em> may be a boolean or a string,
&#8216;on&#8217; or &#8216;off&#8217;.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.boxplot">boxplot</a></td><td>Make a box and whisker plot.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.broken_barh">broken_barh</a></td><td>Plot horizontal bars.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.cla">cla</a></td><td>Clear the current axes.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.clabel">clabel</a></td><td>Label a contour plot.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.clf">clf</a></td><td>Clear the current figure.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.clim">clim</a></td><td>Set the color limits of the current image.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.close">close</a></td><td>Close a figure window.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.cohere">cohere</a></td><td>Plot the coherence between <em>x</em> and <em>y</em>.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.colorbar">colorbar</a></td><td>Add a colorbar to a plot.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.colors">colors</a></td><td>This is a do-nothing function to provide you with help on how
matplotlib handles colors.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.connect">connect</a></td><td>Connect event with string <em>s</em> to <em>func</em>. The signature of <em>func</em> is:</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.contour">contour</a></td><td>Plot contours.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.contourf">contourf</a></td><td>Plot contours.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.cool">cool</a></td><td>set the default colormap to cool and apply to current image if any.
See help(colormaps) for more information</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.copper">copper</a></td><td>set the default colormap to copper and apply to current image if any.
See help(colormaps) for more information</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.csd">csd</a></td><td>Plot cross-spectral density.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.delaxes">delaxes</a></td><td>Remove an axes from the current figure. If <em>ax</em>
doesn&#8217;t exist, an error will be raised.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.disconnect">disconnect</a></td><td>Disconnect callback id cid</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.draw">draw</a></td><td>Redraw the current figure.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.errorbar">errorbar</a></td><td>Plot an errorbar graph.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.figimage">figimage</a></td><td>Adds a non-resampled image to the figure.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.figlegend">figlegend</a></td><td>Place a legend in the figure.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.figtext">figtext</a></td><td>Add text to figure.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.figure">figure</a></td><td>Create a new figure.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.fill">fill</a></td><td>Plot filled polygons.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.fill_between">fill_between</a></td><td>Make filled polygons between two curves.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.fill_betweenx">fill_betweenx</a></td><td>Make filled polygons between two horizontal curves.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.findobj">findobj</a></td><td>Find artist objects.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.flag">flag</a></td><td>set the default colormap to flag and apply to current image if any.
See help(colormaps) for more information</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.gca">gca</a></td><td>Return the current axis instance. This can be used to control
axis properties either using set or the
<a class="reference internal" href="axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Axes</span></tt></a> methods, for example, setting the
xaxis range:</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.gcf">gcf</a></td><td>Return a reference to the current figure.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.gci">gci</a></td><td>Get the current colorable artist. Specifically, returns the
current <a class="reference internal" href="cm_api.html#matplotlib.cm.ScalarMappable" title="matplotlib.cm.ScalarMappable"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ScalarMappable</span></tt></a> instance (image or
patch collection), or <em>None</em> if no images or patch collections
have been defined. The commands <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.pyplot.imshow" title="matplotlib.pyplot.imshow"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">imshow()</span></tt></a>
and <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.pyplot.figimage" title="matplotlib.pyplot.figimage"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">figimage()</span></tt></a> create
<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Image</span></tt> instances, and the commands
<a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.pyplot.pcolor" title="matplotlib.pyplot.pcolor"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">pcolor()</span></tt></a> and
<a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.pyplot.scatter" title="matplotlib.pyplot.scatter"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">scatter()</span></tt></a> create
<a class="reference internal" href="collections_api.html#matplotlib.collections.Collection" title="matplotlib.collections.Collection"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Collection</span></tt></a> instances. The
current image is an attribute of the current axes, or the nearest
earlier axes in the current figure that contains an image.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.get_current_fig_manager">get_current_fig_manager</a></td><td>No description.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.get_figlabels">get_figlabels</a></td><td>Return a list of existing figure labels.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.get_fignums">get_fignums</a></td><td>Return a list of existing figure numbers.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.get_plot_commands">get_plot_commands</a></td><td>Get a sorted list of all of the plotting commands.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.ginput">ginput</a></td><td>Call signature:</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.gray">gray</a></td><td>set the default colormap to gray and apply to current image if any.
See help(colormaps) for more information</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.grid">grid</a></td><td>Turn the axes grids on or off.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.hexbin">hexbin</a></td><td>Make a hexagonal binning plot.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.hist">hist</a></td><td>Plot a histogram.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.hist2d">hist2d</a></td><td>Make a 2D histogram plot.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.hlines">hlines</a></td><td>Plot horizontal lines.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.hold">hold</a></td><td>Set the hold state. If <em>b</em> is None (default), toggle the
hold state, else set the hold state to boolean value <em>b</em>:</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.hot">hot</a></td><td>set the default colormap to hot and apply to current image if any.
See help(colormaps) for more information</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.hsv">hsv</a></td><td>set the default colormap to hsv and apply to current image if any.
See help(colormaps) for more information</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.imread">imread</a></td><td>Read an image from a file into an array.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.imsave">imsave</a></td><td>Save an array as in image file.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.imshow">imshow</a></td><td>Display an image on the axes.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.ioff">ioff</a></td><td>Turn interactive mode off.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.ion">ion</a></td><td>Turn interactive mode on.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.ishold">ishold</a></td><td>Return the hold status of the current axes.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.isinteractive">isinteractive</a></td><td>Return status of interactive mode.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.jet">jet</a></td><td>set the default colormap to jet and apply to current image if any.
See help(colormaps) for more information</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.legend">legend</a></td><td>Place a legend on the current axes.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.locator_params">locator_params</a></td><td>Control behavior of tick locators.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.loglog">loglog</a></td><td>Make a plot with log scaling on both the <em>x</em> and <em>y</em> axis.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.margins">margins</a></td><td>Set or retrieve autoscaling margins.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.matshow">matshow</a></td><td>Display an array as a matrix in a new figure window.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.minorticks_off">minorticks_off</a></td><td>Remove minor ticks from the current plot.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.minorticks_on">minorticks_on</a></td><td>Display minor ticks on the current plot.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.over">over</a></td><td>Call a function with hold(True).</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.pause">pause</a></td><td>Pause for <em>interval</em> seconds.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.pcolor">pcolor</a></td><td>Create a pseudocolor plot of a 2-D array.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.pcolormesh">pcolormesh</a></td><td>Plot a quadrilateral mesh.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.pie">pie</a></td><td>Plot a pie chart.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.pink">pink</a></td><td>set the default colormap to pink and apply to current image if any.
See help(colormaps) for more information</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.plot">plot</a></td><td>Plot lines and/or markers to the
<a class="reference internal" href="axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Axes</span></tt></a>. <em>args</em> is a variable length
argument, allowing for multiple <em>x</em>, <em>y</em> pairs with an
optional format string. For example, each of the following is
legal:</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.plot_date">plot_date</a></td><td>Plot with data with dates.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.plotfile">plotfile</a></td><td>Plot the data in in a file.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.polar">polar</a></td><td>Make a polar plot.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.prism">prism</a></td><td>set the default colormap to prism and apply to current image if any.
See help(colormaps) for more information</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.psd">psd</a></td><td>Plot the power spectral density.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.quiver">quiver</a></td><td>Plot a 2-D field of arrows.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.quiverkey">quiverkey</a></td><td>Add a key to a quiver plot.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.rc">rc</a></td><td>Set the current rc params. Group is the grouping for the rc, eg.
for <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">lines.linewidth</span></tt> the group is <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">lines</span></tt>, for
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">axes.facecolor</span></tt>, the group is <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">axes</span></tt>, and so on. Group may
also be a list or tuple of group names, eg. (<em>xtick</em>, <em>ytick</em>).
<em>kwargs</em> is a dictionary attribute name/value pairs, eg:</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.rcdefaults">rcdefaults</a></td><td>Restore the default rc params. These are not the params loaded by
the rc file, but mpl&#8217;s internal params. See rc_file_defaults for
reloading the default params from the rc file</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.rgrids">rgrids</a></td><td>Get or set the radial gridlines on a polar plot.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.savefig">savefig</a></td><td>Save the current figure.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.sca">sca</a></td><td>Set the current Axes instance to <em>ax</em>.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.scatter">scatter</a></td><td>Make a scatter plot.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.sci">sci</a></td><td>Set the current image. This image will be the target of colormap
commands like <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.pyplot.jet" title="matplotlib.pyplot.jet"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">jet()</span></tt></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.pyplot.hot" title="matplotlib.pyplot.hot"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">hot()</span></tt></a> or
<a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.pyplot.clim" title="matplotlib.pyplot.clim"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">clim()</span></tt></a>). The current image is an
attribute of the current axes.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.semilogx">semilogx</a></td><td>Make a plot with log scaling on the <em>x</em> axis.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.semilogy">semilogy</a></td><td>Make a plot with log scaling on the <em>y</em> axis.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.set_cmap">set_cmap</a></td><td>Set the default colormap. Applies to the current image if any.
See help(colormaps) for more information.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.setp">setp</a></td><td>Set a property on an artist object.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.show">show</a></td><td>Display a figure.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.specgram">specgram</a></td><td>Plot a spectrogram.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.spectral">spectral</a></td><td>set the default colormap to spectral and apply to current image if any.
See help(colormaps) for more information</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.spring">spring</a></td><td>set the default colormap to spring and apply to current image if any.
See help(colormaps) for more information</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.spy">spy</a></td><td>Plot the sparsity pattern on a 2-D array.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.stackplot">stackplot</a></td><td>Draws a stacked area plot.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.stem">stem</a></td><td>Create a stem plot.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.step">step</a></td><td>Make a step plot.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.streamplot">streamplot</a></td><td>Draws streamlines of a vector flow.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.subplot">subplot</a></td><td>Create a new axes (subplot).</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.subplot2grid">subplot2grid</a></td><td>Create a subplot in a grid. The grid is specified by <em>shape</em>, at
location of <em>loc</em>, spanning <em>rowspan</em>, <em>colspan</em> cells in each
direction. The index for loc is 0-based.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.subplot_tool">subplot_tool</a></td><td>Launch a subplot tool window for a figure.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.subplots">subplots</a></td><td>Create a figure with a set of subplots already made.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.subplots_adjust">subplots_adjust</a></td><td>Tune the subplot layout.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.summer">summer</a></td><td>set the default colormap to summer and apply to current image if any.
See help(colormaps) for more information</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.suptitle">suptitle</a></td><td>Add a centered title to the figure.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.switch_backend">switch_backend</a></td><td>Switch the default backend. This feature is <strong>experimental</strong>, and
is only expected to work switching to an image backend. Eg, if
you have a bunch of PostScript scripts that you want to run from
an interactive ipython session, you may want to switch to the PS
backend before running them to avoid having a bunch of GUI windows
popup. If you try to interactively switch from one GUI backend to
another, you will explode.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.table">table</a></td><td>Add a table to the current axes.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.text">text</a></td><td>Add text to the axes.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.thetagrids">thetagrids</a></td><td>Get or set the theta locations of the gridlines in a polar plot.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.tick_params">tick_params</a></td><td>Change the appearance of ticks and tick labels.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.ticklabel_format">ticklabel_format</a></td><td>Change the <a class="reference internal" href="ticker_api.html#matplotlib.ticker.ScalarFormatter" title="matplotlib.ticker.ScalarFormatter"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">ScalarFormatter</span></tt></a> used by
default for linear axes.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.tight_layout">tight_layout</a></td><td>Automatically adjust subplot parameters to give specified padding.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.title">title</a></td><td>Set the title of the current axis.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.tricontour">tricontour</a></td><td>Draw contours on an unstructured triangular grid.
<a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.pyplot.tricontour" title="matplotlib.pyplot.tricontour"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">tricontour()</span></tt></a> and
<a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.pyplot.tricontourf" title="matplotlib.pyplot.tricontourf"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">tricontourf()</span></tt></a> draw contour lines and
filled contours, respectively. Except as noted, function
signatures and return values are the same for both versions.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.tricontourf">tricontourf</a></td><td>Draw contours on an unstructured triangular grid.
<a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.pyplot.tricontour" title="matplotlib.pyplot.tricontour"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">tricontour()</span></tt></a> and
<a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.pyplot.tricontourf" title="matplotlib.pyplot.tricontourf"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">tricontourf()</span></tt></a> draw contour lines and
filled contours, respectively. Except as noted, function
signatures and return values are the same for both versions.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.tripcolor">tripcolor</a></td><td>Create a pseudocolor plot of an unstructured triangular grid.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.triplot">triplot</a></td><td>Draw a unstructured triangular grid as lines and/or markers.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.twinx">twinx</a></td><td>Make a second axes that shares the <em>x</em>-axis. The new axes will
overlay <em>ax</em> (or the current axes if <em>ax</em> is <em>None</em>). The ticks
for <em>ax2</em> will be placed on the right, and the <em>ax2</em> instance is
returned.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.twiny">twiny</a></td><td>Make a second axes that shares the <em>y</em>-axis. The new axis will
overlay <em>ax</em> (or the current axes if <em>ax</em> is <em>None</em>). The ticks
for <em>ax2</em> will be placed on the top, and the <em>ax2</em> instance is
returned.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.vlines">vlines</a></td><td>Plot vertical lines.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.waitforbuttonpress">waitforbuttonpress</a></td><td>Call signature:</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.winter">winter</a></td><td>set the default colormap to winter and apply to current image if any.
See help(colormaps) for more information</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.xcorr">xcorr</a></td><td>Plot the cross correlation between <em>x</em> and <em>y</em>.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.xlabel">xlabel</a></td><td>Set the <em>x</em> axis label of the current axis.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.xlim">xlim</a></td><td>Get or set the <em>x</em> limits of the current axes.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.xscale">xscale</a></td><td>Set the scaling of the <em>x</em>-axis.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.xticks">xticks</a></td><td>Get or set the <em>x</em>-limits of the current tick locations and labels.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.ylabel">ylabel</a></td><td>Set the <em>y</em> axis label of the current axis.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.ylim">ylim</a></td><td>Get or set the <em>y</em>-limits of the current axes.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.yscale">yscale</a></td><td>Set the scaling of the <em>y</em>-axis.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.yticks">yticks</a></td><td>Get or set the <em>y</em>-limits of the current tick locations and labels.</td></tr>
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