Matplotlib Line Connection Order - Time Series Mechanics

Connect After Dots

Start with four ordered points: Mon, Tue, Wed, and Thu. The dots are the measured values. The line connects those dots in x order so your eye can follow the sequence. The line guides the eye. It does not add measured values between the points.

A tiny line-chart construction step: show measured dots first, then connect them in x order while keeping the honesty boundary clear.

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Start with ordered points

Start with 4 pinned ordered points.

\text{ordered points}

Show dots first

Draw the dots first so each measured point is visible.

\text{dots first}

Connect in x order

Connect the dots in x order: Mon to Tue to Wed to Thu.

\text{connect in order}

State what the line means

The line guides the eye; it does not add measured values between points.

\text{line guides eye only}