.. 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_star_poly.py: =============== Marker examples =============== Example with different ways to specify markers. For a list of all markers see also the `matplotlib.markers` documentation. .. image:: /gallery/lines_bars_and_markers/images/sphx_glr_scatter_star_poly_001.png :alt: marker='>', marker=r'\$\alpha\$', marker=verts, marker=(5, 0), marker=(5, 1), marker=(5, 2) :class: sphx-glr-single-img .. code-block:: default import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt # Fixing random state for reproducibility np.random.seed(19680801) x = np.random.rand(10) y = np.random.rand(10) z = np.sqrt(x**2 + y**2) fig, axs = plt.subplots(2, 3, sharex=True, sharey=True) # marker symbol axs[0, 0].scatter(x, y, s=80, c=z, marker=">") axs[0, 0].set_title("marker='>'") # marker from TeX axs[0, 1].scatter(x, y, s=80, c=z, marker=r'$\alpha$') axs[0, 1].set_title(r"marker=r'\$\alpha\$'") # marker from path verts = [[-1, -1], [1, -1], [1, 1], [-1, -1]] axs[0, 2].scatter(x, y, s=80, c=z, marker=verts) axs[0, 2].set_title("marker=verts") # regular polygon marker axs[1, 0].scatter(x, y, s=80, c=z, marker=(5, 0)) axs[1, 0].set_title("marker=(5, 0)") # regular star marker axs[1, 1].scatter(x, y, s=80, c=z, marker=(5, 1)) axs[1, 1].set_title("marker=(5, 1)") # regular asterisk marker axs[1, 2].scatter(x, y, s=80, c=z, marker=(5, 2)) axs[1, 2].set_title("marker=(5, 2)") plt.tight_layout() plt.show() .. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_lines_bars_and_markers_scatter_star_poly.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_star_poly.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: scatter_star_poly.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_