graphing with matplotlib pyplot finally the program then uses the show(function to render the figure on the screenalternatively savefig(could have been used to save the figure to file coded format strings there are numerous options that can be provided via the format stringthe following tables summarises some of thesethe following colour abbreviations are supported by the format stringcharacter color ' ' ' ' ' ' ' 'wblue green red cyan magenta yellow black white different ways of representing the markers (points on the graphconnected by the lines are also supported includingcharacter description ',' ' '^'<'>' ' '*' '+' 'dpoint marker pixel marker circle marker triangle_down marker triangle_up marker triangle_left marker triangle_right marker square marker pentagon marker star marker hexagon marker plus marker marker diamond marker