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        "\n# Annotating a plot\n\nThis example shows how to annotate a plot with an arrow pointing to provided\ncoordinates. We modify the defaults of the arrow, to \"shrink\" it.\n\nFor a complete overview of the annotation capabilities, also see the\n`annotation tutorial<annotations>`.\n\n.. redirect-from:: /gallery/pyplots/annotation_basic\n"
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        "import matplotlib.pyplot as plt\nimport numpy as np\n\nfig, ax = plt.subplots()\n\nt = np.arange(0.0, 5.0, 0.01)\ns = np.cos(2*np.pi*t)\nline, = ax.plot(t, s, lw=2)\n\nax.annotate('local max', xy=(2, 1), xytext=(3, 1.5),\n            arrowprops=dict(facecolor='black', shrink=0.05),\n            )\nax.set_ylim(-2, 2)\nplt.show()"
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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.axes.Axes.annotate` / `matplotlib.pyplot.annotate`\n\n"
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