How to add a variable to Python plt.title?

Question

I am trying to plot lots of diagrams, and for each diagram, I want to use a variable to label them. How can I add a variable to plt.title? For example:

Answer 1

You can change a value in a string by using %. Documentation can be found here.

For example:

num = 2
print "1 + 1 = %i" % num # i represents an integer

This will output:

1 + 1 = 2

You can also do this with floats and you can choose how many decimal place it will print:

num = 2.000
print "1.000 + 1.000 = %1.3f" % num # f represents a float

gives:

1.000 + 1.000 = 2.000

Using this in your example to update t in the figure title:

plt.figure(1)
plt.ylabel('y')
plt.xlabel('x')

for t in xrange(50,61):
    plt.title('f model: T=%i' %t)

    for i in xrange(4,10):
        plt.plot(1.0/i,i**2,'ro')

    plt.legend
    plt.show()