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Export single spectrum
======================

Creates a single spectrum image, saves it and plots it:

1. Create a single sprectrum using `Signal1D` signal.
2. Save signal as a msa file
3. Plot the signal using the `plot` method
4. Save the figure as a png file

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    # Set the matplotlib backend of your choice, for example
    # %matploltib qt
    import hyperspy.api as hs
    import numpy as np

    s = hs.signals.Signal1D(np.random.rand(1024))

    # Export as msa file, very similar to a csv file but containing standardised
    # metadata
    s.save('testSpectrum.msa', overwrite=True)

    # Plot it
    s.plot()


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