A Sample Plot (pgfplots.sty)
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usetikzlibrary{plotmarks}% required for the "diamond*" plot mark
\pgfplotsset{compat=1.11}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[xtick=data,% use x data for tick marks
xlabel=Year,ylabel={Profits (\pounds)},% axes labels
title={Profits Since 2010},% plot title
x tick label style={% change x tick label style
/pgf/number format/set thousands separator={}%
},
tick align=outside,% ticks on the outside
scaled ticks=false,% don't scale the tick labels
axis lines*=left
]
\addplot[mark=diamond*,mark size=5pt,thick,cyan] table
{
year profit
2010 52000
2011 50000
2012 75000
2013 60000
};
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
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