Python pandas, Plotting options for multiple lines

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You’re so close!

You can specify the colors in the styles list:

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import pandas as pd

testdataframe = pd.DataFrame(np.arange(12).reshape(4,3), columns=['A', 'B', 'C'])
styles = ['bs-','ro-','y^-']
linewidths = [2, 1, 4]
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
for col, style, lw in zip(testdataframe.columns, styles, linewidths):
    testdataframe[col].plot(style=style, lw=lw, ax=ax)

Also note that the plot method can take a matplotlib.axes object, so you can make multiple calls like this (if you want to):

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import pandas as pd

testdataframe1 = pd.DataFrame(np.arange(12).reshape(4,3), columns=['A', 'B', 'C'])
testdataframe2 = pd.DataFrame(np.random.normal(size=(4,3)), columns=['D', 'E', 'F'])
styles1 = ['bs-','ro-','y^-']
styles2 = ['rs-','go-','b^-']
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
testdataframe1.plot(style=styles1, ax=ax)
testdataframe2.plot(style=styles2, ax=ax)

Not really practical in this case, but the concept might come in handy later.

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