of two numeric columns
scatterplot.py $input $out_file1 $col1 $col2 "$title" "$xlab" "$ylab"
rpy
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**TIP:** If your data is not TAB delimited, use *Text Manipulation->Convert*
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**Syntax**
This tool creates a simple scatter plot between two variables containing numeric values of a selected query.
- All invalid, blank and comment lines in the query are skipped. The number of skipped lines is displayed in the resulting history item.
- **Plot title** The scatterplot title
- **Label for x axis** and **Label for y axis** The labels for x and y axis of the scatterplot.
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**Example**
- Input file::
1 68 4.1
2 71 4.6
3 62 3.8
4 75 4.4
5 58 3.2
6 60 3.1
7 67 3.8
8 68 4.1
9 71 4.3
10 69 3.7
- Create a simple scatterplot between the variables in column 2 and column 3 of the above dataset.
.. image:: ../static/images/scatterplot.png