Axis scales (linear, log) in Matplotlib - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to set the y-axis scale to logarithmic.

Matplotlib

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.plot([1, 10, 100, 1000])
plt.yscale([1])
plt.show()

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A'log10'

B'log'

C'logarithmic'

D'linear'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'logarithmic' instead of 'log'.

Using 'log10' which is not a valid scale name.

Forgetting to put the scale type in quotes.

The yscale function accepts 'log' to set the y-axis to logarithmic scale.

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medium

Complete the code to set the x-axis scale to linear.

Matplotlib

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.plot([1, 2, 3, 4])
plt.xscale([1])
plt.show()

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A'linear'

B'logarithmic'

C'log'

D'log10'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'log' when linear scale is needed.

Using 'logarithmic' which is not recognized.

Not putting the scale type in quotes.

The xscale function uses 'linear' to set the x-axis to a linear scale.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to set the y-axis scale to logarithmic.

Matplotlib

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.plot([1, 10, 100, 1000])
plt.yscale([1])
plt.show()

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Alogarithmic

B'logarithmic'

Clog

D'log'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Passing the scale type without quotes causing a NameError.

Using 'logarithmic' which is not a valid scale name.

The scale type must be a string in quotes. So use 'log' to avoid errors.

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hard

Fill both blanks to set the x-axis to logarithmic and y-axis to linear scale.

Matplotlib

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.plot([1, 10, 100, 1000])
plt.xscale([1])
plt.yscale([2])
plt.show()

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A'log'

B'linear'

C'logarithmic'

D'log10'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'logarithmic' which is not recognized.

Not quoting the scale type strings.

Mixing up xscale and yscale.

Use 'log' for logarithmic scale and 'linear' for linear scale, both as strings.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a plot with x-axis logarithmic, y-axis logarithmic, and set the base of the log scale to 2.

Matplotlib

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.plot([1, 2, 4, 8, 16])
plt.xscale([1], base=[2])
plt.yscale([3], base=2)
plt.show()

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A'log'

B2

C'linear'

D10

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'linear' instead of 'log' for axes.

Not setting the base parameter correctly.

Using base 10 instead of 2.

Use 'log' for both axes and set the base to 2 for the x-axis and y-axis log scales.