{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "\n# Contour Label Demo\n\nIllustrate some of the more advanced things that one can do with\ncontour labels.\n\nSee also the :doc:`contour demo example\n`.\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [], "source": [ "import matplotlib.pyplot as plt\nimport numpy as np\n\nimport matplotlib.ticker as ticker" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "Define our surface\n\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [], "source": [ "delta = 0.025\nx = np.arange(-3.0, 3.0, delta)\ny = np.arange(-2.0, 2.0, delta)\nX, Y = np.meshgrid(x, y)\nZ1 = np.exp(-X**2 - Y**2)\nZ2 = np.exp(-(X - 1)**2 - (Y - 1)**2)\nZ = (Z1 - Z2) * 2" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "Make contour labels with custom level formatters\n\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [], "source": [ "# This custom formatter removes trailing zeros, e.g. \"1.0\" becomes \"1\", and\n# then adds a percent sign.\ndef fmt(x):\n s = f\"{x:.1f}\"\n if s.endswith(\"0\"):\n s = f\"{x:.0f}\"\n return rf\"{s} \\%\" if plt.rcParams[\"text.usetex\"] else f\"{s} %\"\n\n\n# Basic contour plot\nfig, ax = plt.subplots()\nCS = ax.contour(X, Y, Z)\n\nax.clabel(CS, CS.levels, fmt=fmt, fontsize=10)" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "Label contours with arbitrary strings using a dictionary\n\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [], "source": [ "fig1, ax1 = plt.subplots()\n\n# Basic contour plot\nCS1 = ax1.contour(X, Y, Z)\n\nfmt = {}\nstrs = ['first', 'second', 'third', 'fourth', 'fifth', 'sixth', 'seventh']\nfor l, s in zip(CS1.levels, strs):\n fmt[l] = s\n\n# Label every other level using strings\nax1.clabel(CS1, CS1.levels[::2], fmt=fmt, fontsize=10)" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "Use a Formatter\n\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [], "source": [ "fig2, ax2 = plt.subplots()\n\nCS2 = ax2.contour(X, Y, 100**Z, locator=plt.LogLocator())\nfmt = ticker.LogFormatterMathtext()\nfmt.create_dummy_axis()\nax2.clabel(CS2, CS2.levels, fmt=fmt)\nax2.set_title(\"$100^Z$\")\n\nplt.show()" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ ".. admonition:: References\n\n The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown\n in this example:\n\n - `matplotlib.axes.Axes.contour` / `matplotlib.pyplot.contour`\n - `matplotlib.axes.Axes.clabel` / `matplotlib.pyplot.clabel`\n - `matplotlib.ticker.LogFormatterMathtext`\n - `matplotlib.ticker.TickHelper.create_dummy_axis`\n\n" ] } ], "metadata": { "kernelspec": { "display_name": "Python 3", "language": "python", "name": "python3" }, "language_info": { "codemirror_mode": { "name": "ipython", "version": 3 }, "file_extension": ".py", "mimetype": "text/x-python", "name": "python", "nbconvert_exporter": "python", "pygments_lexer": "ipython3", "version": "3.13.2" } }, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 0 }