{"id":12093,"date":"2024-03-14T15:13:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T15:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-adjust-the-size-of-an-image-in-matplotlib\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T21:17:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T21:17:29","slug":"how-to-adjust-the-size-of-an-image-in-matplotlib","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-adjust-the-size-of-an-image-in-matplotlib\/","title":{"rendered":"Matplotlib Figure Size: Quick Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In matplotlib, the figure() function can be used to set the size of the image, the specific method is as follows:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> matplotlib.pyplot <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">as<\/span> plt\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u521b\u5efa\u4e00\u4e2a\u65b0\u7684figure\u5bf9\u8c61\uff0c\u5e76\u8bbe\u7f6e\u56fe\u7247\u5927\u5c0f\u4e3a\u5bbd10\u82f1\u5bf8\uff0c\u9ad86\u82f1\u5bf8<\/span>\r\nplt.figure(figsize=(<span class=\"hljs-number\">10<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">6<\/span>))\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u7ed8\u5236\u56fe\u5f62<\/span>\r\nplt.plot([<span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">3<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">4<\/span>])\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u663e\u793a\u56fe\u5f62<\/span>\r\nplt.show()\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the code above, the figsize parameter takes a tuple with two values representing the width and height of the image in inches. 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