matplotlib
plt . figure (
num = None ,
figsize = None ,
dpi = None ,
* ,
facecolor = None ,
edgecolor = None ,
frameon = True ,
FigureClass =< class ' matplotlib . figure . Figure '>,
clear = False ,
** kwargs ,
) -> Figure
num : int | str | .Figure | .SubFigure
A unique identifier for the figure.
If a figure with that identifier already exists, this figure is made active and returned.
If there is no figure with the identifier or num is not given, a new figure is created, made active and returned.
If num is an int, it will be used for the Figure.number attribute, otherwise, an auto-generated integer value is used (starting at 1 and incremented for each new figure).
If num is a string, the figure label and the window title is set to this value.
If num is a SubFigure, its parent Figure is activated.
figsize : (float, float)
Width, height in inches.
Default is (6.4, 4.8).
dpi : float
The resolution of the figure in dots-per-inch.
Default is 100.
frameon : If False, suppress drawing the figure frame, which means some arguments will become invalid.
clear : If True and the figure already exists, then it is cleared.
Create Subplot
fig.add_subplot(*args, **kwargs) -> Axes
Add an ~.axes.Axes to the figure as part of a subplot arrangement.
*args : int | (int, int, int) | .SubplotSpec
Three integers (nrows , ncols , index ). The subplot will take the index position on a grid with nrows rows and ncols columns.
index starts at 1 in the upper left corner and increases to the right.
index can also be a two-tuple specifying the (first , last ) indices (1-based, and including last ) of the subplot,.
A 3-digit integer. The digits are interpreted as if given separately as three single-digit integers.
A .SubplotSpec.
projection : {None, 'aitoff', 'hammer', 'lambert', 'mollweide', 'polar', 'rectilinear', str}
The projection type of the subplot.
str is the name of a custom projection.
The default None results in a 'rectilinear' projection.
polar : bool
If True, equivalent to projection='polar'.
sharex, sharey : ~.axes.Axes
The axis will have the same limits, ticks, and scale as the axis of the shared axes.
plt.subplot(*args, **kwargs) -> Axes
Add an Axes to the current figure or retrieve an existing Axes.
plt.subplots(*args, **kwargs) -> (Figure, Axes)
Create a figure and a set of subplots.
Show and Save
plt.show(*, block=None) Display all open figures.
plt.imshow(X, cmap=None, norm=None, *)
Display data as an image, i.e., on a 2D regular raster.
X : array-like or PIL image.
cmap : str or ~matplotlib.colors.Colormap
The Colormap instance or registered colormap name used to map scalar data to colors.
norm : str or ~matplotlib.colors.Normalize
The normalization method used to scale scalar data to the [0, 1] range.
By default, a linear scaling is used, mapping the lowest value to 0 and the highest to 1.
plt.savefig(*args, **kwargs)
Save the current figure.
fname : str or path-like or binary file-like
format : The file format, e.g. 'png', 'pdf', 'svg', .... The behavior when this is unset is documented under fname.
Modify Axes
Add Title
plt.title(label, fontdict=None, loc=None, pad=None, *, y=None, **kwargs)
ax.set_title(label, fontdict=None, loc=None, pad=None, *, y=None, **kwargs)
Set a title for the Axes.
label : str
Text to use for the title
fontdict : dict
A dictionary controlling the appearance of the title text.
loc : {'center', 'left', 'right'}
y : float
Vertical Axes location for the title (1.0 is the top).
pad : float
The offset of the title from the top of the Axes, in points.
Add Label
plt.xlabel(xlabel, fontdict=None, labelpad=None, *, loc=None, **kwargs)
ax.set_xlabel(xlabel, fontdict=None, labelpad=None, *, loc=None, **kwargs)
Set the label for the x-axis.
xlabel : The label text.
labelpad : float
Spacing in points from the Axes bounding box including ticks and tick labels. If None, the previous value is left as is.
loc : {'left', 'center', 'right'}
plt.ylabel(ylabel, fontdict=None, labelpad=None, *, loc=None, **kwargs)
ax.set_ylabel(ylabel, fontdict=None, labelpad=None, *, loc=None, **kwargs)
Set the label for the y-axis.
Set Limit
ax.set_xlim(left, right)
ax.set_xlim((left, right))
ax.set_ylim(bottom, top)
ax.set_ylim((bottom, top))
ax.get_xlim() -> (left, right)
ax.get_ylim() -> (bottom, top)
plt.xlim() is equivalent to ax.get_xlim()
plt.xlim(left, right) is equivalent to ax.set_xlim(left, right)
plt.ylim() is equivalent to ax.get_ylim()
plt.ylim(bottom, top) is equivalent to ax.set_ylim(bottom, top)
Set Ticks
ax.set_xticks(ticks, labels=None, *, minor=False, **kwargs)
Set the xaxis' tick locations and optionally labels.
ticks : list of floats
labels : list of str, optional
minor : If False, set the major ticks; if True, the minor ticks.
ax.set_xticklabels(labels, *, fontdict=None, minor=False, **kwargs)
Set the xaxis' labels with list of string labels.
This method should only be used after fixing the tick positions. Otherwise, the labels may end up in unexpected positions.
ax.get_xticks(*, minor=False)
Return the xaxis' tick locations in data coordinates.
ax.get_xticklabels(minor=False, which=None)
Get the xaxis' tick labels.
plt.xticks(ticks=None, labels=None, *, minor=False, **kwargs)
Get or set the current tick locations and labels of the x-axis.
locs, labels = xticks() Get the current locations and labels.
plt.xticks([]) Disable xticks.
Set Legend
ax.legend(*args, **kwargs)
fig.legend(*args, **kwargs)
plt.legend(*args, **kwargs)
Place a legend on the Axes.
handles : A list of Artists (lines, patches) to be added to the legend.
labels : A list of labels to show next to the artists.
Add Text
ax.text(x, y, s, fontdict=None, **kwargs)
Add the text s to the Axes at location x, y in data coordinates.
ax.annotate(text, xy, xytext=None, xycoords='data', textcoords=None, arrowprops=None, annotation_clip=None, **kwargs)
Annotate the point xy with text text.
text : str
The text of the annotation.
xy : (float, float)
The point (x, y) to annotate. The coordinate system is determined by xycoords .
xytext : (float, float)
The position (x, y) to place the text at. The coordinate system is determined by textcoords .
Default is xy.
arrowprops : dict, optional
The properties used to draw a .FancyArrowPatch arrow between the positions xy and xytext. Defaults to None, i.e. no arrow is drawn.
Change Style
Show Config
print(matplotlib.rcParams)
print(matplotlib.rcParamDafault)
print(matplotlib.rc_params())
print(matplotlib.get_configdir())