.. only:: html .. 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_lines_bars_and_markers_scatter_custom_symbol.py: ===================== Scatter Custom Symbol ===================== Creating a custom ellipse symbol in scatter plot. .. image:: /gallery/lines_bars_and_markers/images/sphx_glr_scatter_custom_symbol_001.png :alt: scatter custom symbol :class: sphx-glr-single-img .. code-block:: default import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np # unit area ellipse rx, ry = 3., 1. area = rx * ry * np.pi theta = np.arange(0, 2 * np.pi + 0.01, 0.1) verts = np.column_stack([rx / area * np.cos(theta), ry / area * np.sin(theta)]) x, y, s, c = np.random.rand(4, 30) s *= 10**2. fig, ax = plt.subplots() ax.scatter(x, y, s, c, marker=verts) plt.show() .. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_lines_bars_and_markers_scatter_custom_symbol.py: .. only :: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer :class: sphx-glr-footer-example .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python :download:`Download Python source code: scatter_custom_symbol.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: scatter_custom_symbol.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_