.. _sphx_glr_gallery_pie_and_polar_charts_polar_demo.py: ========== Polar Demo ========== Demo of a line plot on a polar axis. .. image:: /gallery/pie_and_polar_charts/images/sphx_glr_polar_demo_001.png :align: center .. code-block:: python import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt r = np.arange(0, 2, 0.01) theta = 2 * np.pi * r ax = plt.subplot(111, projection='polar') ax.plot(theta, r) ax.set_rmax(2) ax.set_rticks([0.5, 1, 1.5, 2]) # Less radial ticks ax.set_rlabel_position(-22.5) # Move radial labels away from plotted line ax.grid(True) ax.set_title("A line plot on a polar axis", va='bottom') plt.show() **Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes 0.018 seconds) .. only :: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Python source code: polar_demo.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: polar_demo.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_