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.. only:: html

    .. note::
        :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

        Click :ref:`here <sphx_glr_download_gallery_pie_and_polar_charts_polar_demo.py>`
        to download the full example code

.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_gallery_pie_and_polar_charts_polar_demo.py:


==========
Polar plot
==========

Demo of a line plot on a polar axis.

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.. 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





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.. admonition:: References

   The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown
   in this example:

   - `matplotlib.axes.Axes.plot` / `matplotlib.pyplot.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`


.. _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 <polar_demo.py>`



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter

     :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: polar_demo.ipynb <polar_demo.ipynb>`


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 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot
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