Axes interface (object-based, explicit)

create aFigure and one or moreAxes objects, thenexplicitly usemethods on these objects to add data, configure limits, set labels etc.

API:

• subplots: create Figure and Axes

• axes: add data, limits, labels etc.

• Figure: for figure-level methods

Example:

fig,ax=plt.subplots()ax.plot(x,y)ax.set_title("Sample plot")plt.show()

pyplot interface (function-based, implicit)

consists of functions in thepyplot module. Figure and Axes are manipulatedthrough these functions and are onlyimplicitly present in the background.

API:

• matplotlib.pyplot

Example:

plt.plot(x,y)plt.title("Sample plot")plt.show()