import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt x = [] y = [] v = [] with open('testdata.txt') as f: for line in f: a, b, c = line.strip().split() x.append(float(a)) # y.append(float(b)) v.append(float(c)) fig, ax = plt.subplots() ax.plot(x, v) plt.show() # plt.savefig("main.png")