.. _api-unicode_minus:

api example code: unicode_minus.py
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.. plot:: /home/tcaswell/source/p/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/api/unicode_minus.py

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    """
    =============
    Unicode minus
    =============
    
    You can use the proper typesetting Unicode minus (see
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plus_sign#Plus_sign) or the ASCII hyphen
    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 hyphen instead of Unicode minus')
    plt.show()
    

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