.. 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_contour_label_demo.py: ================== Contour Label Demo ================== Illustrate some of the more advanced things that one can do with contour labels. See also the :doc:`contour demo example `. .. code-block:: default import matplotlib import numpy as np import matplotlib.ticker as ticker import matplotlib.pyplot as plt Define our surface .. code-block:: default delta = 0.025 x = np.arange(-3.0, 3.0, delta) y = np.arange(-2.0, 2.0, delta) X, Y = np.meshgrid(x, y) Z1 = np.exp(-X**2 - Y**2) Z2 = np.exp(-(X - 1)**2 - (Y - 1)**2) Z = (Z1 - Z2) * 2 Make contour labels with custom level formatters .. code-block:: default # This custom formatter removes trailing zeros, e.g. "1.0" becomes "1", and # then adds a percent sign. def fmt(x): s = f"{x:.1f}" if s.endswith("0"): s = f"{x:.0f}" return rf"{s} \%" if plt.rcParams["text.usetex"] else f"{s} %" # Basic contour plot fig, ax = plt.subplots() CS = ax.contour(X, Y, Z) ax.clabel(CS, CS.levels, inline=True, fmt=fmt, fontsize=10) .. image:: /gallery/images_contours_and_fields/images/sphx_glr_contour_label_demo_001.png :alt: contour label demo :class: sphx-glr-single-img .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out Out: .. code-block:: none Label contours with arbitrary strings using a dictionary .. code-block:: default fig1, ax1 = plt.subplots() # Basic contour plot CS1 = ax1.contour(X, Y, Z) fmt = {} strs = ['first', 'second', 'third', 'fourth', 'fifth', 'sixth', 'seventh'] for l, s in zip(CS1.levels, strs): fmt[l] = s # Label every other level using strings ax1.clabel(CS1, CS1.levels[::2], inline=True, fmt=fmt, fontsize=10) .. image:: /gallery/images_contours_and_fields/images/sphx_glr_contour_label_demo_002.png :alt: contour label demo :class: sphx-glr-single-img .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out Out: .. code-block:: none Use a Formatter .. code-block:: default fig2, ax2 = plt.subplots() CS2 = ax2.contour(X, Y, 100**Z, locator=plt.LogLocator()) fmt = ticker.LogFormatterMathtext() fmt.create_dummy_axis() ax2.clabel(CS2, CS2.levels, fmt=fmt) ax2.set_title("$100^Z$") plt.show() .. image:: /gallery/images_contours_and_fields/images/sphx_glr_contour_label_demo_003.png :alt: $100^Z$ :class: sphx-glr-single-img ------------ References """""""""" The use of the following functions, methods and classes is shown in this example: .. code-block:: default matplotlib.axes.Axes.contour matplotlib.pyplot.contour matplotlib.axes.Axes.clabel matplotlib.pyplot.clabel matplotlib.ticker.LogFormatterMathtext matplotlib.ticker.TickHelper.create_dummy_axis .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out Out: .. code-block:: none .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-timing **Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes 1.250 seconds) .. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_images_contours_and_fields_contour_label_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: contour_label_demo.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: contour_label_demo.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_