graph example

gistfile1.py

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from collections import Counter

def make_chart_simple_line_chart(plt):
    years = [1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010]
    gdp = [300.2, 543.3, 1075.9, 2862.5, 5979.6, 10289.7, 14958.3]
   
    # create a line chart, years on x-axis, gdp on y-axis
    plt.plot(years, gdp, color='green', marker='o', linestyle='solid')

    # add a title
    plt.title("Nominal GDP")

    # add a label to the y-axis
    plt.ylabel("Billions of $")
    plt.show()
    
make_chart_simple_line_chart(plt)