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'''Matplotlib''' is a [[Plotter|plotting]] [[Library (computer science)|library]] for the [[Python (programming language)|Python]] programming language and its [[NumPy]] numerical mathematics extension. It provides a "'''pylab'''" API designed to closely resemble that of [[MATLAB]], thereby making it easy to learn for experienced MATLAB users. Matplotlib is written and maintained primarily by John Hunter, and is distributed under a BSD-style license.

The "'''pylab'''" interface is procedural and based on a state machine, like [[OpenGL]]. There is also an [[Object-oriented programming|OOP]] interface which haswhich lessis thoroughdocumented documentationin andthe greaterAPI complexityDocs but[http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/api/index.html] which allows matplotlib plots to be embedded into applications using generic GUI toolkits, like [[wxPython]], [[Qt]] or [[GTK]].

== Comparison with MATLAB ==

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* [http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/ Matplotlib Home Page]

* [http://www.scipy.org/Cookbook/Matplotlib/ Matplotlib Cookbook]

[[Category:Free plotting software]]