# Help on animated plots with plotly python

**URL:** <https://community.plotly.com/t/help-on-animated-plots-with-plotly-python/45591>\
**Category:** 📊 Plotly Python\
**Created:** [October 1, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/help-on-animated-plots-with-plotly-python/45591 "2020-10-01T17:37:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rosendo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c67d28/32.png) [@Rosendo](https://community.plotly.com/u/Rosendo)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/help-on-animated-plots-with-plotly-python/45591/1 "2020-10-01T17:37:09Z")

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Hi! I am new to plotly. I would like to know how to create an animated plot of a function, like a sine function, for example, drawing itself from 0 to 2\*pi. Any example will help, even if it is just a straight line from an x|y table.