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15.5) Lines And Markers (cont'd)


The following tables describe the codes for Marker, line styles and colours.

Color Code
Black 'k'
Blue 'b'
Green 'g'
Red 'r'
White 'w'
Line Style Code
Solid '-'
Dashed '--'
Dash Dot '-.'
Dotted ':'
No Line '', ' ' or None
Marker Code
Circle o
Diamond D
Point .
Plus +
Square s
Star *
Up Triangle ^
X x

A list of line properties is available here.

  • Change your program to plot a red dotted line with stars. Input the linestyle, color and marker separately
  • Try the same but inputting all the line properties in one string
  • Change it again to plot a blue solid line with no marker