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+#define _USE_MATH_DEFINES
+#include <iostream>
+#include <cmath>
+#include "../matplotlibcpp.h"
+
+namespace plt = matplotlibcpp;
+
+int main() 
+{
+	// Prepare data.
+	int n = 5000;
+	std::vector<double> x(n), y(n), z(n), w(n,2);
+	for(int i=0; i<n; ++i) {
+		x.at(i) = i*i;
+		y.at(i) = sin(2*M_PI*i/360.0);
+		z.at(i) = log(i);
+	}
+
+	// Plot line from given x and y data. Color is selected automatically.
+	plt::plot(x, y);
+	// Plot a red dashed line from given x and y data.
+	plt::plot(x, w,"r--");
+	// Plot a line whose name will show up as "log(x)" in the legend.
+	plt::named_plot("log(x)", x, z);
+
+	// Set x-axis to interval [0,1000000]
+	plt::xlim(0, 1000*1000);
+
+	// Add graph title
+	plt::title("Sample figure");
+	// Enable legend.
+	plt::legend();
+	// save figure
+	const char* filename = "./basic.png";
+	std::cout << "Saving result to " << filename << std::endl;;
+	plt::save(filename);
+}