Chapter 3. Line, Area, and Scatter Charts

In this chapter, we will learn about line, area, and scatter charts and explore their plotting options in more details. We will also learn how to create a stacked area chart and projection charts. Then, we will attempt to plot the charts in a slightly more artistic style. The reason for that is to provide us with an opportunity to utilize various plotting options. In this chapter, we will cover the following:

  • Introducing line charts
  • Sketching an area chart
  • Highlighting and raising the base level
  • Mixing line and area series
  • Combining scatter and area series

Introducing line charts

First let's start with a single-series line chart. We will use one of the many data sets provided by The World Bank organization at ...

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