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+#define _USE_MATH_DEFINES
+#include <cmath>
+#include "../matplotlibcpp.h"
+
+namespace plt = matplotlibcpp;
+
+
+using namespace matplotlibcpp;
+using namespace std;
+
+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::subplot(2,2,1);
+    plt::plot(x, y);
+
+    // Plot a red dashed line from given x and y data.
+    plt::subplot(2,2,2);
+    plt::plot(x, w,"r--");
+
+    // Plot a line whose name will show up as "log(x)" in the legend.
+    plt::subplot(2,2,3);
+    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();
+
+    plt::show(false);
+
+    cout << "matplotlibcpp::show() is working in an non-blocking mode" << endl;
+    getchar();
+}