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How to | Plot Data
Mathematica offers extensive support for plotting all kinds of data in many different ways.
Consider the following data to be plotted (stored as sdata):
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Use ListPlot to plot sdata:
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Plot sdata by filling to the axis:
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Specify a color and increase the size of the data points:
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Use ListLinePlot to plot sdata with a connecting line:
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Create another set of data to plot (stored as cdata):
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Plot sdata and cdata together:
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Use ListPolarPlot to plot cdata as points at polar coordinates:
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Define another dataset to plot (stored as data):
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The dataset has 31 sublists:
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Plot only specific parts of data:
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Connect these points with lines:
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Generate a 3D scatter plot of points with an array of height values for data using ListPointPlot3D:
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Use ListPlot3D to plot data as a surface:
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Use ListDensityPlot to generate a density plot from the height values of data:
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Use ListContourPlot to generate a contour plot instead:
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This constructs a Demonstration of data plotting:
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