How to do it...

The following script displays 1024 points whose coordinates are drawn randomly from the [0,1] interval:

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

data = np.random.rand(1024, 2)

plt.scatter(data[:,0], data[:,1])
plt.show()

The preceding script will produce the following graph:

How it works...

The function plt.scatter() works exactly like plt.plot(), taking the x and y coordinates of points as input parameters. However, each point is simply shown with one marker. Don't be fooled by this simplicity—plt.scatter() is a rich command. By playing with its many optional parameters, we can achieve many different effects. We will cover this in Chapter 2, Customizing the Color and Styles, and Chapter 3, Working with Annotations.