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plot_dates function in Matplotlib for Python - super useful
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| import pandas as pd | |
| import matplotlib.pyplot as plt | |
| import matplotlib.dates as mdates | |
| # if your dates are strings you need this step | |
| df.Date = pd.to_datetime(df.Date) | |
| fig,ax = plt.subplots() | |
| ax.plot_date(df.Date,df.A) | |
| ax.plot_date(df.Date,df.B) | |
| ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(mdates.YearLocator()) | |
| ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(mdates.DateFormatter('%b\n%Y')) | |
| plt.show() |
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