Matplotlib is a plotting library for Python which uses syntax similar to MATLAB. It was written by John Hunter.
The library provides a "pylab" interface which is procedural and based on a state machine, like OpenGL. There is also an OOP interface which has less thorough documentation and greater complexity.
Using the OOP interface, matplotlib plots can be embedded in applications using generic GUI toolkits like wxPython, Qt or GTK.
Compare to
- Biggles [1]
- DISLIN
- Gnuplot-py [2]
- PyPlotter [3] – compatible with Jython
- PyX [4]
- ReportLab
- SciPy (modules plt and gplt)
Image of an embedded Matplotlib plot within a GTK application (pyGTK)
External links
 | This programming-language-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |