.. _pylab_examples-dashpointlabel: pylab_examples example code: dashpointlabel.py ============================================== .. plot:: /home/mdboom/Work/builds/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/pylab_examples/dashpointlabel.py :: import matplotlib.pyplot as plt DATA = ((1, 3), (2, 4), (3, 1), (4, 2)) # dash_style = # direction, length, (text)rotation, dashrotation, push # (The parameters are varied to show their effects, # not for visual appeal). dash_style = ( (0, 20, -15, 30, 10), (1, 30, 0, 15, 10), (0, 40, 15, 15, 10), (1, 20, 30, 60, 10), ) fig, ax = plt.subplots() (x,y) = zip(*DATA) ax.plot(x, y, marker='o') for i in range(len(DATA)): (x,y) = DATA[i] (dd, dl, r, dr, dp) = dash_style[i] #print 'dashlen call', dl t = ax.text(x, y, str((x,y)), withdash=True, dashdirection=dd, dashlength=dl, rotation=r, dashrotation=dr, dashpush=dp, ) ax.set_xlim((0.0, 5.0)) ax.set_ylim((0.0, 5.0)) plt.show() Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)