{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "\n# Centered spines with arrows\n\nThis example shows a way to draw a \"math textbook\" style plot, where the\nspines (\"axes lines\") are drawn at ``x = 0`` and ``y = 0``, and have arrows at\ntheir ends.\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [], "source": [ "import matplotlib.pyplot as plt\nimport numpy as np\n\nfig, ax = plt.subplots()\n# Move the left and bottom spines to x = 0 and y = 0, respectively.\nax.spines[[\"left\", \"bottom\"]].set_position((\"data\", 0))\n# Hide the top and right spines.\nax.spines[[\"top\", \"right\"]].set_visible(False)\n\n# Draw arrows (as black triangles: \">k\"/\"^k\") at the end of the axes. In each\n# case, one of the coordinates (0) is a data coordinate (i.e., y = 0 or x = 0,\n# respectively) and the other one (1) is an axes coordinate (i.e., at the very\n# right/top of the axes). Also, disable clipping (clip_on=False) as the marker\n# actually spills out of the Axes.\nax.plot(1, 0, \">k\", transform=ax.get_yaxis_transform(), clip_on=False)\nax.plot(0, 1, \"^k\", transform=ax.get_xaxis_transform(), clip_on=False)\n\n# Some sample data.\nx = np.linspace(-0.5, 1., 100)\nax.plot(x, np.sin(x*np.pi))\n\nplt.show()" ] } ], "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 }