.. 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_images_contours_and_fields_matshow.py:
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Matshow
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`~.axes.Axes.matshow` visualizes a 2D matrix or array as color-coded image.
.. code-block:: default
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
# a 2D array with linearly increasing values on the diagonal
a = np.diag(range(15))
plt.matshow(a)
plt.show()
.. image:: /gallery/images_contours_and_fields/images/sphx_glr_matshow_001.png
:alt: matshow
:class: sphx-glr-single-img
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References
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The use of the following functions and methods is shown
in this example:
.. code-block:: default
import matplotlib
matplotlib.axes.Axes.matshow
matplotlib.pyplot.matshow
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out
Out:
.. code-block:: none
.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_images_contours_and_fields_matshow.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: matshow.py `
.. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter
:download:`Download Jupyter notebook: matshow.ipynb `
.. only:: html
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature
Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot
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