.. _pyplots-pyplot_annotate: pyplots example code: pyplot_annotate.py ======================================== [`source code `_] :: import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt ax = plt.subplot(111) t = np.arange(0.0, 5.0, 0.01) s = np.cos(2*np.pi*t) line, = plt.plot(t, s, lw=2) plt.annotate('local max', xy=(2, 1), xytext=(3, 1.5), arrowprops=dict(facecolor='black', shrink=0.05), ) plt.ylim(-2,2) plt.show() Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)