Getting Started¶

Installation¶

To use Paxplot, first install it using PyPI:

$ pip install paxplot

Basic Usage¶

We run through the basic functionality of Paxplot using the following synthetic dataset. Note that Paxplot requires its input be in a list of lists or a similar matrix-like format. For usage with Pandas, click here.

data = [
   [0.0, 0.0, 2.0, 0.5],
   [1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0],
   [3.0, 2.0, 0.0, 1.0],
]

Creating a Simple Plot¶

First, we will create a simple plot of our data.

import paxplot
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

paxfig = paxplot.pax_parallel(n_axes=4)
paxfig.plot(data)
plt.show()

Adding Labels¶

Let’s say these columns in data correspond to the labels A, B, and C. We can add those labels!

paxfig = paxplot.pax_parallel(n_axes=4)
paxfig.plot(data)
paxfig.set_labels(['A', 'B', 'C', 'D'])
plt.show()

Saving Your Plot¶

You can easily export your plot in many standard vector and raster formats.

paxfig.savefig('my_plot.png')

Paxplot has lots of additional functionality. Continue onto the next section to see additional examples.

Paxplot

Advanced Usage