Hands-on Matplotlib: Learn Plotting and Visualizations with Python 3

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A. PajankarHands-on Matplotlibhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7410-1_7

7. Histograms, Contours, and Stream Plots

Ashwin Pajankar¹  

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Nashik, Maharashtra, India

 

In the previous chapter, you learned many ways to create visualizations with lines, bar plots, and scatter plots.

We will continue exploring various visualizations with Matplotlib in this chapter. You will learn how to create histograms and contours. You will also learn how to plot vectors with stream plots.

Histograms

Before you learn how to create various types of histograms, you need to learn what they are. First, you need to know what frequency tables are. Suppose you have a set of members with ...