LaTeX in Python/v3

How to add LaTeX to python graphs.

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Version Check¶

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In [1]:

import plotly
plotly.__version__

Out[1]:

'3.6.0'

LaTeX Typesetting¶

In [2]:

import plotly.plotly as py
import plotly.graph_objs as go

trace1 = go.Scatter(
    x=[1, 2, 3, 4],
    y=[1, 4, 9, 16],
    name=r'$\alpha_{1c} = 352 \pm 11 \text{ km s}^{-1}$'
)
trace2 = go.Scatter(
    x=[1, 2, 3, 4],
    y=[0.5, 2, 4.5, 8],
    name=r'$\beta_{1c} = 25 \pm 11 \text{ km s}^{-1}$'
)
data = [trace1, trace2]
layout = go.Layout(
    xaxis=dict(
        title=r'$\sqrt{(n_\text{c}(t|{T_\text{early}}))}$'
    ),
    yaxis=dict(
        title=r'$d, r \text{ (solar radius)}$'
    )
)
fig = go.Figure(data=data, layout=layout)
py.iplot(fig, filename='latex')

Out[2]: