How to: Plot a Function in Python

Learn how to define a function and plot it in Python. Script can be found here: https://www.hageslab.com/Resources.ht... Here we are using "Spyder" IDE with the numpy and matplotlib libraries Useful resources: https://matplotlib.org/tutorials/text... https://matplotlib.org/ https://matplotlib.org/3.3.3/api/_as_... Script: import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt def f(x,a,b,c): return a*x**2+b*x+c xlist = np.linspace(-10,10,num=1000) xlist = np.arange(-10,10.1,.1) a=5 b=1 c=4 ylist = f(xlist,a,b,c) plt.figure(num=0,dpi=120) plt.plot(xlist,ylist,label="f(x)") plt.plot(xlist,ylist**(1/2),'--g',label=r"f(x)$^{0.5}$") plt.title("Plotting Example") plt.xlabel("Distance / ft") plt.ylabel("Height / ft") plt.legend()