Matplotlib Markers

Matplotlib is a simple Python library to create plots like this one:

Validation curve of one model with ReLU and one with PReLU

As I always have to look up different styles of markers / lines, here is a little summary.

Simple plots

Here is some sample code:

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

"""Visualize matplotlib marker styles."""

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
from matplotlib.lines import Line2D

# Get colors / markers / functions
colors = ('b', 'g', 'r', 'c', 'm', 'y', 'k')
markers = []
for m in Line2D.markers:
    try:
        if len(m) == 1 and m != ' ':
            markers.append(m)
    except TypeError:
        pass

f1 = lambda xs: [x**2 for x in xs]
f2 = lambda xs: [x**3 for x in xs]
f3 = lambda xs: np.sin(xs)
f4 = lambda xs: np.log(xs)
f5 = lambda xs: [x**0.5 for x in xs]
f6 = lambda xs: [x for x in xs]
f7 = lambda xs: [x + 1 for x in xs]
functions = [f1, f2, f3, f4, f5, f6, f7]

# Define the plot
plt.ylim(-1.0, 1.0)
plt.title(u"Example for matplotlib markers", fontweight='bold', fontsize=20)
plt.xlabel(r"""x-axis label""", fontsize=20)
plt.ylabel(r"""y-axis label""", fontsize=20)

# Define at which x positions to evaluate the functions f_i(x)
xmin = -1
xmax = 1
samples = 50
xs = np.linspace(xmin, xmax, samples)

# Plot the functions
for color, marker, f in zip(colors, markers, functions):
    format_str = "{color}{marker}-".format(color=color, marker=marker)
    plt.plot(xs, f(xs), format_str, label=format_str)

plt.axhline(y=0.20)
plt.legend(fontsize=20)

plt.savefig("matplotlib-marker-styles.png")  # or plt.show()