Rcparams for global defaults in Matplotlib - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to import the module used to set global plotting defaults.

Matplotlib

import [1] as mpl

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Anumpy

Bseaborn

Cpandas

Dmatplotlib

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Common Mistakes

Importing numpy or pandas instead of matplotlib.

Forgetting to alias matplotlib as mpl.

The matplotlib module is imported as mpl to access rcParams for global defaults.

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medium

Complete the code to set the default figure size globally using rcParams.

Matplotlib

mpl.rcParams['figure.[1]'] = (10, 6)

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Adpi

Btitle

Cfigsize

Dsize

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Common Mistakes

Using 'figure.dpi' instead of 'figure.figsize'.

Using 'figure.size' which is not a valid rcParam.

The key 'figure.figsize' sets the default figure size globally in matplotlib.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to set the default font size globally.

Matplotlib

mpl.rcParams['font.[1]'] = 14

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Aweight

Bsize

Cfamily

Dstyle

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Common Mistakes

Using 'font.weight' or 'font.family' instead of 'font.size'.

Trying to set font size with an invalid key.

The correct rcParam key to set font size is 'font.size'.

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hard

Fill both blanks to set the default line width and color globally.

Matplotlib

mpl.rcParams['lines.[1]'] = 2
mpl.rcParams['lines.[2]'] = 'red'

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Alinewidth

Blinestyle

Ccolor

Dmarker

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Common Mistakes

Using 'linestyle' instead of 'linewidth' for width.

Using 'marker' instead of 'color' for line color.

The keys 'lines.linewidth' and 'lines.color' set the default line width and color.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a dictionary of rcParams for font family, axes title size, and grid visibility.

Matplotlib

custom_rc = {
    'font.[1]': 'serif',
    'axes.titlesize': [2],
    'axes.[3]': True
}

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Afamily

B14

Cgrid

Dlabelsize

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Common Mistakes

Using 'font.size' instead of 'font.family'.

Using 'axes.labelsize' instead of 'axes.titlesize'.

Using 'axes.grid' with a string instead of boolean.

The keys 'font.family', 'axes.titlesize', and 'axes.grid' control font family, title size, and grid visibility.