How to add a grid to a plot using Matplotlib
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Here is a simple example of a scatter plot, using the matplotlib library.
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import pandas as pd
# We read a sample dataset from the web.
df = pd.read_csv('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mwaskom/seaborn-data/master/iris.csv')
fig, axes = plt.subplots(1,1, figsize=(8,6))
# We do a boxplot plot on the axes
axes.scatter(df["sepal_width"], df["sepal_length"])
# We set a title
axes.set_title("Sepal Length Scatter")
#Set the axis labels
axes.set_xlabel("Sepal Width")
axes.set_ylabel("Sepal Length")
# Add the grid
axes.grid()
# Fixing the layout to fit the size
fig.tight_layout()
# Showing the plot
plt.show()As we can see here, we are using the axes.grid() method that will add a grid to any kind of plot.
In this example, we are plotting the sepal_width versus the sepal_length column.
Here is the result.
Here you are ! You now know how to make boxplots.
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