Is there a way to create a Scatterplot in manim?

Question

I am wondering if there is a way to create a Scatterplot in manim.

Has anyone ever done it? if yes, what is the best way to do it?

Answer 1

The best way (to me) is to use .csv files.

Imagine we have a file called data.csv with the following data:

0,0
1,0
-2,3
-4,8
1,-4
3,4

This file go in the manim-itself folder, to be able to include it to manim it could be done as follows (remember that the coordinates in manim are in 3D)

class CSV(GraphScene):
    def construct(self):
        self.setup_axes()
        coords = self.return_coords_from_csv("data")
        dots = VGroup(*[Dot().move_to(self.coords_to_point(coord[0],coord[1])) for coord in coords])
        self.add(dots)

    def return_coords_from_csv(self,file_name):
        import csv
        coords = []
        with open(f'{file_name}.csv', 'r') as csvFile:
            reader = csv.reader(csvFile)
            for row in reader:
                x,y = row
                coord = [float(x),float(y)]
                coords.append(coord)
        csvFile.close()
        return coords

Idea from reddit.