Getting started

Installation quick-start

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Draw a first plot

Here is a minimal example plot:

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import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np

x = np.linspace(0, 2 * np.pi, 200) y = np.sin(x)

fig, ax = plt.subplots() ax.plot(x, y) plt.show()

If a plot does not show up please check :ref:troubleshooting-faq.

Where to go next

• Check out :doc:Plot types </plot_types/index> to get an overview of the types of plots you can create with Matplotlib.
• Learn Matplotlib from the ground up in the :ref:Quick-start guide <quick_start>.