.. _api-unicode_minus: api example code: unicode_minus.py ================================== .. plot:: /home/tcaswell/other_source/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/api/unicode_minus.py :: """ You can use the proper typesetting unicode minus (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plus_sign#Plus_sign) or the ASCII hypen for minus, which some people prefer. The matplotlibrc param axes.unicode_minus controls the default behavior. The default is to use the unicode minus """ import numpy as np import matplotlib import matplotlib.pyplot as plt matplotlib.rcParams['axes.unicode_minus'] = False fig, ax = plt.subplots() ax.plot(10*np.random.randn(100), 10*np.random.randn(100), 'o') ax.set_title('Using hypen instead of unicode minus') plt.show() Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)