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- The examples may assume that ``import numpy`` is executed before
- the example code in *numpy*, and ``import scipy`` in *scipy*, but
- other modules used should be explicitly imported.
+ The examples may assume that ``import numpy as np`` is executed before
+ the example code in *numpy*, and ``import scipy as sp`` in *scipy*.
+ Additional examples may make use of *matplotlib* for plotting, but should
+ import it explicitly, e.g., ``import matplotlib.pyplot as plt``.
11. **Indexing tags***