["python","matplotlib","scatter-plot"]
How to connect scatterplot points with line using matplotlib

I have two lists, dates and values. I want to plot them using matplotlib. The following creates a scatter plot of my data. import matplotlib.pyplot as plt plt.scatter(dates,values) plt.show() plt.plot(dates, values) creates a line graph. But what I really want is a scatterplot where the points are connected by a line. Similar to in R: plot(dates, values) lines(dates, value, type="l") which gives me a scatterplot of points overlaid with a line connecting the points. How do I do this in python?
I think @Evert has the right answer: plt.scatter(dates,values) plt.plot(dates, values) plt.show() Which is pretty much the same as plt.plot(dates, values, '-o') plt.show() You can replace -o with another suitable format string as described in the documentation. You can also split the choices of line and marker styles using the linestyle= and marker= keyword arguments.