How to change markers shape in Scatter plot in Matplotlib?

The keyword argument marker of the scatter() function is used to set the shape of the markers. There are around 37 marker shapes available in Matplotlib, but the commonly used symbols are mentioned below:

In the following example, we will draw a scatter plot having 10 data points. Here, we will set the marker to an upper triangle.

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 
#Data Points
x = [1, 1, 3, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 4, 7]
y = [4, 3, 2, 4, 7, 4, 1, 10, 3, 2]
#Marker Symbol
symbol = "^"
 
#Draw Scatter Plot
plt.scatter(x, y, marker=symbol)
#Show Scatter Plot
plt.show()

Output

Let's set the marker to star in the below example.

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 
#Data Points
x = [1, 1, 3, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 4, 7]
y = [4, 3, 2, 4, 7, 4, 1, 10, 3, 2]
#Marker Symbol
symbol = "*"
 
#Draw Scatter Plot
plt.scatter(x, y, marker=symbol)
#Show Scatter Plot
plt.show()

Output