.. 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_pie_and_polar_charts_polar_demo.py: ========== Polar Demo ========== Demo of a line plot on a polar axis. .. code-block:: default import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt r = np.arange(0, 2, 0.01) theta = 2 * np.pi * r fig, ax = plt.subplots(subplot_kw={'projection': 'polar'}) ax.plot(theta, r) ax.set_rmax(2) ax.set_rticks([0.5, 1, 1.5, 2]) # Less radial ticks ax.set_rlabel_position(-22.5) # Move radial labels away from plotted line ax.grid(True) ax.set_title("A line plot on a polar axis", va='bottom') plt.show() .. image:: /gallery/pie_and_polar_charts/images/sphx_glr_polar_demo_001.png :alt: A line plot on a polar axis :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.axes.Axes.plot matplotlib.projections.polar matplotlib.projections.polar.PolarAxes matplotlib.projections.polar.PolarAxes.set_rticks matplotlib.projections.polar.PolarAxes.set_rmax matplotlib.projections.polar.PolarAxes.set_rlabel_position .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out Out: .. code-block:: none .. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_pie_and_polar_charts_polar_demo.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: polar_demo.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: polar_demo.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_