Why customization matters in Matplotlib - Test Your Understanding

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to import the matplotlib plotting library.

Matplotlib

import matplotlib.[1] as plt

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Apyplot

Bplot

Ccharts

Dgraph

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'plot' instead of 'pyplot' causes import errors.

Trying to import 'charts' or 'graph' which do not exist.

We import matplotlib.pyplot as plt to create plots easily.

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medium

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

Matplotlib

plt.[1]([1, 2, 3, 4], [10, 20, 25, 30])
plt.show()

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Aplot

Bline

Cdraw

Dgraph

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'draw' or 'line' which are not matplotlib functions.

Trying to use 'graph' which is not a valid method.

The plot function draws line plots in matplotlib.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to add a title to the plot.

Matplotlib

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

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Aset_title

Badd_title

Ctitle

Dplot_title

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'set_title' which is a method for axes objects, not pyplot.

Trying 'add_title' or 'plot_title' which do not exist.

The correct function to add a title is plt.title().

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hard

Fill both blanks to customize the x-axis and y-axis labels.

Matplotlib

plt.plot([1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6])
plt.xlabel([1])
plt.[2]('Value')
plt.show()

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A'Time'

Bylabel

Cxlabel

D'Amount'

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using plt.xlabel twice or plt.ylabel as a string.

Confusing the label names or functions.

Use plt.xlabel('Time') and plt.ylabel('Value') to label axes.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a customized scatter plot with color and size.

Matplotlib

plt.scatter([1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], c=[1], s=[2], marker=[3])
plt.show()

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A'red'

B100

C'o'

D'blue'

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using invalid marker symbols or wrong data types for size.

Confusing color strings or missing quotes.

Use c='blue' for color, s=100 for size, and marker='o' for circle markers.