.. _pylab_examples-polar_scatter:

pylab_examples example code: polar_scatter.py
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.. plot:: /home/mdboom/Work/builds/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/pylab_examples/polar_scatter.py

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    #!/usr/bin/env python
    # a polar scatter plot; size increases radially in this example and
    # color increases with angle (just to verify the symbols are being
    # scattered correctly).  In a real example, this would be wasting
    # dimensionality of the plot
    from pylab import *
    
    N = 150
    r = 2*rand(N)
    theta = 2*pi*rand(N)
    area = 200*r**2*rand(N)
    colors = theta
    ax = subplot(111, polar=True)
    c = scatter(theta, r, c=colors, s=area, cmap=cm.hsv)
    c.set_alpha(0.75)
    
    show()
    

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