.. note:: :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note Click :ref:`here ` to download the full example code .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title .. _sphx_glr_gallery_shapes_and_collections_marker_path.py: =========== Marker Path =========== Using a `~.path.Path` as marker for a `~.axes.Axes.plot`. .. code-block:: default import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import matplotlib.path as mpath import numpy as np star = mpath.Path.unit_regular_star(6) circle = mpath.Path.unit_circle() # concatenate the circle with an internal cutout of the star verts = np.concatenate([circle.vertices, star.vertices[::-1, ...]]) codes = np.concatenate([circle.codes, star.codes]) cut_star = mpath.Path(verts, codes) plt.plot(np.arange(10)**2, '--r', marker=cut_star, markersize=15) plt.show() .. image:: /gallery/shapes_and_collections/images/sphx_glr_marker_path_001.png :class: sphx-glr-single-img ------------ References """""""""" The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown in this example: .. code-block:: default import matplotlib matplotlib.path matplotlib.path.Path matplotlib.path.Path.unit_regular_star matplotlib.path.Path.unit_circle matplotlib.axes.Axes.plot matplotlib.pyplot.plot .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out Out: .. code-block:: none .. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_shapes_and_collections_marker_path.py: .. only :: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer :class: sphx-glr-footer-example .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Python source code: marker_path.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: marker_path.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_