.. _pylab_examples-findobj_demo: pylab_examples example code: findobj_demo.py ============================================ .. plot:: /home/tcaswell/src/p/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/pylab_examples/findobj_demo.py :: """ Recursively find all objects that match some criteria """ import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import matplotlib.text as text a = np.arange(0, 3, .02) b = np.arange(0, 3, .02) c = np.exp(a) d = c[::-1] fig, ax = plt.subplots() plt.plot(a, c, 'k--', a, d, 'k:', a, c + d, 'k') plt.legend(('Model length', 'Data length', 'Total message length'), loc='upper center', shadow=True) plt.ylim([-1, 20]) plt.grid(False) plt.xlabel('Model complexity --->') plt.ylabel('Message length --->') plt.title('Minimum Message Length') # match on arbitrary function def myfunc(x): return hasattr(x, 'set_color') and not hasattr(x, 'set_facecolor') for o in fig.findobj(myfunc): o.set_color('blue') # match on class instances for o in fig.findobj(text.Text): o.set_fontstyle('italic') plt.show() Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)