Plotting the exponential function

This example demonstrates how to import a local module and how images are stacked when two plots are created in one code block. The variable N from the example ‘Local module’ (file local_module.py) is imported in the code below. Further, note that when there is only one code block in an example, the output appears before the code block.

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# Code source: Óscar Nájera
# License: BSD 3 clause

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

# You can use modules local to the example being run, here we import
# N from local_module
from local_module import N  # = 100


def main():
    """Plot exponential functions."""
    x = np.linspace(-1, 2, N)
    y = np.exp(x)

    plt.figure()
    plt.plot(x, y)
    plt.xlabel("$x$")
    plt.ylabel(r"$\exp(x)$")
    plt.title("Exponential function")

    plt.figure()
    plt.plot(x, -np.exp(-x))
    plt.xlabel("$x$")
    plt.ylabel(r"$-\exp(-x)$")
    plt.title("Negative exponential\nfunction")
    # To avoid matplotlib text output
    plt.show()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

Estimated memory usage: 9 MB