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Multiple lines on the same plot

You can also plot multiple datasets as different lines. To do so, you can use the plot() function multiple times. Let's plot the stocks of two companies over time.

matplotlib.pyplot is imported as plt and lists days, prices1, and prices2 are available in your workspace.

This exercise is part of the course

Introduction to Python for Finance

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Exercise instructions

Plot prices1 data with a red line, and prices2 data with a green line.

Hands-on interactive exercise

Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.

# Plot two lines of varying colors 
plt.plot(days, ____, color='____')
plt.plot(days, ____, color='____')

# Add labels
plt.xlabel('Days')
plt.ylabel('Prices, $')
plt.title('Stock Prices Over Time')
plt.show()
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