matplotlib.patches.StepPatch¶

class matplotlib.patches.StepPatch(values, edges, *, orientation='vertical', baseline=0, **kwargs)[source]¶

Bases: matplotlib.patches.PathPatch

A path patch describing a stepwise constant function.

By default the path is not closed and starts and stops at baseline value.

Parameters:

valuesarray-like

The step heights.

edgesarray-like

The edge positions, with len(edges) == len(vals) + 1, between which the curve takes on vals values.

orientation{'vertical', 'horizontal'}, default: 'vertical'

The direction of the steps. Vertical means that values are along the y-axis, and edges are along the x-axis.

baselinefloat, array-like or None, default: 0

The bottom value of the bounding edges or when fill=True, position of lower edge. If fill is True or an array is passed to baseline, a closed path is drawn.

Other valid keyword arguments are:

Property	Description
`agg_filter`	a filter function, which takes a (m, n, 3) float array and a dpi value, and returns a (m, n, 3) array
`alpha`	scalar or None
`animated`	bool
`antialiased` or aa	unknown
`capstyle`	`CapStyle` or {'butt', 'projecting', 'round'}
`clip_box`	`Bbox`
`clip_on`	bool
`clip_path`	Patch or (Path, Transform) or None
`color`	color
`contains`	unknown
`edgecolor` or ec	color or None or 'auto'
`facecolor` or fc	color or None
`figure`	`Figure`
`fill`	bool
`gid`	str
`hatch`	{'/', '\', '\|', '-', '+', 'x', 'o', 'O', '.', '*'}
`in_layout`	bool
`joinstyle`	`JoinStyle` or {'miter', 'round', 'bevel'}
`label`	object
`linestyle` or ls	{'-', '--', '-.', ':', '', (offset, on-off-seq), ...}
`linewidth` or lw	float or None
`path_effects`	`AbstractPathEffect`
`picker`	None or bool or float or callable
`rasterized`	bool
`sketch_params`	(scale: float, length: float, randomness: float)
`snap`	bool or None
`transform`	`Transform`
`url`	str
`visible`	bool
`zorder`	float

__init__(self, values, edges, *, orientation='vertical', baseline=0, **kwargs)[source]¶