Method scatter

hvplot/plotting/core.py:384–452

The `scatter` plot visualizes your points as markers in 2D space. You can visualize one more dimension by using colors. The `scatter` plot is a good first way to plot data with non continuous axes. Reference: https://hvplot.holoviz.org/ref/api/manual/hvplot.hvPlot.

(self, x=None, y=None, **kwds)

        return self(x, y, kind='step', where=where, **kwds)

    def scatter(self, x=None, y=None, **kwds):
        """
        The `scatter` plot visualizes your points as markers in 2D space. You can visualize
        one more dimension by using colors.

        The `scatter` plot is a good first way to plot data with non continuous axes.

        Reference: https://hvplot.holoviz.org/ref/api/manual/hvplot.hvPlot.scatter.html

        Plotting options: https://hvplot.holoviz.org/ref/plotting_options/index.html

        Parameters
        ----------
        x : string, optional
            Field name(s) to draw x-positions from. If not specified, the index is
            used. Can refer to continuous and categorical data.
        y : string or list, optional
            Field name(s) to draw y-positions from. If not specified, all numerical
            fields are used.
        marker : string, optional
            The marker shape depends on the activated plotting backend:

            - Bokeh: Bokeh marker styles and a subset of Matplotlib styles, e.g.
              ``'circle'`` (default), ``'dot'``, ``'cross'``, ``'x'``, ``'square'``
              for Bokeh markers and ``'+'``, ``'x'``, ``'s'`` for Matplotlib-
              compatible markers.
              See https://docs.bokeh.org/en/latest/docs/examples/basic/scatters/markertypes.html
              for the list of Bokeh markers.
            - Matplotlib: Any supported marker, e.g. ``'s'`` (square), ``'x'``
              (cross), ``'+'``, etc.
              See https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/markers_api.html for the list
              of Matplotlib markers.
        c : string, optional
            A color or a field name to draw the color of the marker from. Alias of
            ``color``.
        s : int, optional, also available as 'size'
            The size of the marker.
        scale: number, optional
            Scaling factor to apply to point scaling. Default is 1.
        logz : bool
            Whether to apply log scaling to the z-axis. Default is False.
        **kwds : optional
            Additional keywords arguments are documented in :ref:`plot-options`.
            Run ``hvplot.help('scatter')`` for the full method documentation.

        Returns
        -------
        :class:`holoviews:holoviews.element.Scatter` / Panel object
            You can `print` the object to study its composition and run:

            .. code-block::

                import holoviews as hv
                hv.help(the_holoviews_object)

            to learn more about its parameters and options.

        References