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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"[ENH]: consistent behaviour for stem","articleBody":"### Problem\n\n`stem` and `plot` should be interchangeable.\r\n\r\n```python\r\nfrom matplotlib.pylab import *\r\nstyle.use(['bmh', 'dark_background'])\r\na = randn(5)\r\nb = randn(5)\r\n```\r\n\r\n# Plotting two lines\r\n```python\r\nplot(a)\r\nplot(b)\r\n```\r\n![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2119355/170112709-b73096a9-ce9c-4337-921c-d829c6703adf.png)\r\n\r\n# Choosing the colours\r\n```python\r\nplot(a, 'r')\r\nplot(b, 'b')\r\n```\r\n![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2119355/170112776-056e0906-7d04-45aa-91e3-aa2041b87506.png)\r\n\r\n# Now with stem\r\n```python\r\nstem(a)\r\nstem(b)\r\n```\r\n![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2119355/170112798-910df362-4f90-440a-96d7-ed67943ded7f.png)\r\n\r\nSame colour? Why? Which one is which???\r\n\r\n# Okay, let me choose the colours\r\n```python\r\nstem(a, 'r')\r\nstem(b, 'b')\r\n```\r\nERROR!\n\n### Proposed solution\n\nShare the same basic syntax across functions visualising the same type of data?","author":{"url":"https://github.com/Atcold","@type":"Person","name":"Atcold"},"datePublished":"2022-05-24T19:05:42.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":7},"url":"https://github.com/23127/matplotlib/issues/23127"}