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Which argument keyword can be used to emphasize each point with a specified marker in plotting?

12. Which argument keyword can be used to emphasize each point with a specified marker in plotting?

1. marker_points
2. marker
3. ring
4. types

Answer: B) marker

Explanation:

When you want to highlight each point with a specified marker, you can use the keyword argument marker with the specified value. Consider the below code statement that can be used to highlight the points with rings –

plt.plot(ypoints, marker = 'o')

Here is the list of the values to highlight the point with a special marker: Reference

Marker	Description
'o'	Circle
'*'	Star
'.'	Point
','	Pixel
'x'	X
'X'	X (filled)
'+'	Plus
'P'	Plus (filled)
's'	Square
'D'	Diamond
'd'	Diamond (thin)
'p'	Pentagon
'H'	Hexagon
'h'	Hexagon
'v'	Triangle Down
'^'	Triangle Up
'<'	Triangle Left
'>'	Triangle Right
'1'	Tri Down
'2'	Tri Up
'3'	Tri Left
'4'	Tri Right
'|'	Vline
'_'	Hline