What is Matplotlib - Interactive Quiz & Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to import the Matplotlib plotting library.

Matplotlib

import [1] as plt

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Amatplotlib.pyplot

Bnumpy

Cpandas

Dseaborn

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Importing numpy or pandas instead of matplotlib.pyplot

Forgetting to import pyplot submodule

Matplotlib's plotting functions are in the pyplot module, so we import it as matplotlib.pyplot.

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medium

Complete the code to create a simple line plot of y values.

Matplotlib

plt.[1]([1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6])
plt.show()

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Abar

Bscatter

Cplot

Dhist

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using scatter instead of plot for line plots

Using hist or bar which are for other chart types

The plot function draws a line plot connecting points.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to display the plot correctly.

Matplotlib

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

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Adisplay

Bshow

Cdraw

Drender

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Calling display() or draw() which do not exist in matplotlib

Forgetting to call any function to show the plot

The show() function displays the plot window.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a bar chart with labels.

Matplotlib

plt.[1](['A', 'B', 'C'], [5, 7, 3])
plt.[2]('Categories')
plt.show()

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Abar

Bxlabel

Cylabel

Dplot

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using plot() instead of bar() for bar charts

Using ylabel() instead of xlabel() for x-axis label

bar() draws a bar chart. xlabel() adds a label to the x-axis.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a scatter plot with title and y-axis label.

Matplotlib

plt.[1]([1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6])
plt.[2]('My Scatter Plot')
plt.[3]('Values')
plt.show()

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Aplot

Btitle

Cylabel

Dscatter

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using plot() instead of scatter() for scatter plots

Confusing xlabel and ylabel

Forgetting to add title

scatter() creates a scatter plot. title() adds a title. ylabel() labels the y-axis.