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1. Installing Plotly
First, you need to install Plotly. You can do this by running:

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!pip install plotly

2. Basic Line Plot

Here’s how you can create a simple line plot using Plotly.

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import plotly.graph_objects as go

# Sample data
x = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
y = [10, 15, 13, 17, 10]

# Create the plot

fig = go.Figure()

# Add a line trace

fig.add_trace(go.Scatter(x=x, y=y, mode='lines', name='Line P
lot'))

# Show the figure

fig.show()

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 go.Figure() : This creates a figure where you can add multiple traces (lines,
bars, etc.).

go.Scatter() : This adds a trace (here, a line plot). You can change the mode to
'markers' , 'lines' , or 'lines+markers' for different types of plots.

3. Scatter Plot

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# Add a scatter plot with markers
fig = go.Figure()

# Scatter plot with markers

fig.add_trace(go.Scatter(x=x, y=y, mode='markers', name='Scat
ter Plot'))

fig.show()

You can customize the marker shape, size, and color like this:

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fig.add_trace(go.Scatter(
x=x,
y=y,
mode='markers',
marker=dict(size=12, color='red', symbol='circle'),
name='Custom Scatter'
))

4. Bar Chart

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# Bar chart
fig = go.Figure()

# Add a bar trace

fig.add_trace(go.Bar(x=x, y=y, name='Bar Chart'))

fig.show()

5. Histogram

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# Histogram
import numpy as np

# Generate random data

random_data = np.random.randn(500)

# Plot histogram
fig = go.Figure(data=[go.Histogram(x=random_data)])

fig.show()

6. Pie Chart

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# Pie chart
labels = ['A', 'B', 'C', 'D']
values = [10, 20, 30, 40]

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 # Create the pie chart
fig = go.Figure(data=[go.Pie(labels=labels, values=values)])

fig.show()

7. Adding Multiple Traces

You can add multiple traces to a single plot (for example, multiple lines on the
same plot):

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# Multiple line plot
fig = go.Figure()

# Add two lines

fig.add_trace(go.Scatter(x=x, y=y, mode='lines', name='Line
1'))
fig.add_trace(go.Scatter(x=x, y=[20, 25, 30, 35, 40], mode='l
ines', name='Line 2'))

fig.show()

8. Customizing Layout
You can customize the layout of the plot (titles, axis labels, background colors,
etc.):

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# Customize layout
fig.update_layout(
title='My Custom Plot',

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 xaxis_title='X Axis',
yaxis_title='Y Axis',
plot_bgcolor='rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)', # Transparent backgroun
d
paper_bgcolor='rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)' # Transparent figure ba
ckground
)

fig.show()

9. Interactive Features
Plotly provides built-in interactivity such as hover, zoom, and pan. However, you
can control how hover information is displayed:

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# Customize hover
fig.update_traces(
hoverinfo='x+y', # Show both x and y coordinates on hove
r
hoverlabel=dict(
bgcolor="white",
font_size=16,
font_family="Rockwell"
)
)

10. Subplots
You can create subplots using make_subplots to display multiple charts in one
figure:

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from plotly.subplots import make_subplots

# Create a 1x2 subplot layout

fig = make_subplots(rows=1, cols=2)

# Add two traces to different subplots

fig.add_trace(go.Scatter(x=x, y=y, mode='lines', name='Line P
lot'), row=1, col=1)
fig.add_trace(go.Bar(x=x, y=y, name='Bar Plot'), row=1, col=
2)

fig.show()

11. 3D Plots
Plotly also supports 3D plotting:

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# 3D plot
x = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
y = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]
z = [5, 10, 15, 20, 25]

fig = go.Figure(data=[go.Scatter3d(x=x, y=y, z=z, mode='marke

rs', marker=dict(size=5, color=z))])

fig.update_layout(
title='3D Scatter Plot',
scene=dict(xaxis_title='X', yaxis_title='Y', zaxis_title
='Z')
)

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 fig.show()

12. Saving the Plot

You can save the plot as an image or HTML file for sharing or embedding in web
applications:

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# Save as an HTML file
fig.write_html('my_plot.html')

# Save as a static image (requires 'kaleido' for saving as PN

G, JPEG, etc.)
fig.write_image('my_plot.png')

To install the kaleido package for saving images:

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!pip install -U kaleido

13. Animation
You can create animated charts in Plotly by changing data over time:

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# Animation example
import plotly.express as px

df = px.data.gapminder()

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 # Create animated scatter plot
fig = px.scatter(df, x="gdpPercap", y="lifeExp", animation_fr
ame="year", animation_group="country",
size="pop", color="continent", hover_name="c
ountry", log_x=True, size_max=60)

fig.show()

14. Dashboards with Dash

Plotly can be integrated into web dashboards using Dash, a web framework for
Python. This is useful for building interactive web apps.
You can explore Dash more if you're interested in creating full-scale web
applications with interactivity.

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