How to calculate the slope and the intercept of a straight line with python ?

Calculating with python the slope and the intercept of a straight line from two points (x1,y1) and (x2,y2):

x1 = 2.0
y1 = 3.0

x2 = 6.0
y2 = 5.0

a = (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1)
b = y1 - a * x1

print('slope: ', a)
print('intercept: ', b)

Using a function

def slope_intercept(x1,y1,x2,y2):
    a = (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1)
    b = y1 - a * x1     
    return a,b

print(slope_intercept(x1,y1,x2,y2))

Using s simple regression with scipy:

from scipy.stats import linregress

slope, intercept, r_value, p_value, std_err = linregress([x1,x2],[y1,y2])
print(slope,intercept)

Plot with matplotlib:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

x = np.linspace(0, 8, 100)
y = a * x + b

plt.scatter([x1,x2],[y1,y2], color='gray')

plt.plot(x,y,linestyle='--')

plt.title("How to calculate the slope and intercept of a line using python ?", fontsize=10)
plt.xlabel('x',fontsize=8)
plt.ylabel('y',fontsize=8)

plt.xlim(0,8)
plt.ylim(0,8)

plt.grid()

plt.savefig("calculate_line_slope_and_intercept.png")
plt.show()

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