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        "\n\n# Hatch style reference\n\nHatches can be added to most polygons in Matplotlib, including `~.Axes.bar`,\n`~.Axes.fill_between`, `~.Axes.contourf`, and children of `~.patches.Polygon`.\nThey are currently supported in the PS, PDF, SVG, macosx, and Agg backends. The WX\nand Cairo backends do not currently support hatching.\n\nSee also :doc:`/gallery/images_contours_and_fields/contourf_hatching` for\nan example using `~.Axes.contourf`, and\n:doc:`/gallery/shapes_and_collections/hatch_demo` for more usage examples.\n"
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        "import matplotlib.pyplot as plt\n\nfrom matplotlib.patches import Rectangle\n\nfig, axs = plt.subplots(2, 5, layout='constrained', figsize=(6.4, 3.2))\n\nhatches = ['/', '\\\\', '|', '-', '+', 'x', 'o', 'O', '.', '*']\n\n\ndef hatches_plot(ax, h):\n    ax.add_patch(Rectangle((0, 0), 2, 2, fill=False, hatch=h))\n    ax.text(1, -0.5, f\"' {h} '\", size=15, ha=\"center\")\n    ax.axis('equal')\n    ax.axis('off')\n\nfor ax, h in zip(axs.flat, hatches):\n    hatches_plot(ax, h)"
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        "Hatching patterns can be repeated to increase the density.\n\n"
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        "fig, axs = plt.subplots(2, 5, layout='constrained', figsize=(6.4, 3.2))\n\nhatches = ['//', '\\\\\\\\', '||', '--', '++', 'xx', 'oo', 'OO', '..', '**']\n\nfor ax, h in zip(axs.flat, hatches):\n    hatches_plot(ax, h)"
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      "cell_type": "markdown",
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        "Hatching patterns can be combined to create additional patterns.\n\n"
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        "fig, axs = plt.subplots(2, 5, layout='constrained', figsize=(6.4, 3.2))\n\nhatches = ['/o', '\\\\|', '|*', '-\\\\', '+o', 'x*', 'o-', 'O|', 'O.', '*-']\n\nfor ax, h in zip(axs.flat, hatches):\n    hatches_plot(ax, h)"
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        ".. admonition:: References\n\n   The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown\n   in this example:\n\n   - `matplotlib.patches`\n   - `matplotlib.patches.Rectangle`\n   - `matplotlib.axes.Axes.add_patch`\n   - `matplotlib.axes.Axes.text`\n\n.. tags::\n\n   purpose: reference\n\n"
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