Dashed lines from points to axes in matplotlib

Question

I have a set of points which I am plotting like this:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt`

x = [1,2,3,4,5,6]
y = [1,4,9,16,25,36]

plt.scatter(x, y)

plt.show()         


        

Answer 1

The plot you're looking for is what's known as a stemplot, which has an answer you can find here. It will give you the vertical line connections to the x-axis you desire; but if you want the horizontal lines connecting to the y-axis that may need some special treatment. You may be able to use a stem plot in the other axis rotated or something.