#Matplotlib, pyplt and csv #Tony Crewe #Sep 2017 - updated Sep 2018 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import csv from matplotlib.ticker import MaxNLocator x=[] y=[] with open('weight 2018.csv', 'r', encoding = 'utf-8-sig') as csvfile: plots = csv.reader(csvfile) for data in plots: #get heading for x and y axes var1 = (data[0]) var2 = (data[1]) break for data in plots: #get values - add to x list and y list x.append(data[0]) y.append(float(data[1])) ax = plt.subplot(1,1,1) ax.set_ylim([82, 96]) ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(MaxNLocator(10)) ax.spines['right'].set_color('none') ax.spines['top'].set_color('none') plt.plot(x,y, label = 'data loaded\nfrom csv file') plt.axhline(y = 85.5, color = 'orange', linestyle = '--', label = 'target') plt.xlabel(var1) plt.ylabel(var2) plt.title('weight loss from\n first quarter 2018') plt.legend() plt.show()