matplotlib.lines.Line2D

class matplotlib.lines.Line2D(xdata, ydata, linewidth=None, linestyle=None, color=None, marker=None, markersize=None, markeredgewidth=None, markeredgecolor=None, markerfacecolor=None, markerfacecoloralt='none', fillstyle=None, antialiased=None, dash_capstyle=None, solid_capstyle=None, dash_joinstyle=None, solid_joinstyle=None, pickradius=5, drawstyle=None, markevery=None, **kwargs)[source]

Bases: matplotlib.artist.Artist

A line - the line can have both a solid linestyle connecting all the vertices, and a marker at each vertex. Additionally, the drawing of the solid line is influenced by the drawstyle, e.g., one can create "stepped" lines in various styles.

Create a Line2D instance with x and y data in sequences of xdata, ydata.

Additional keyword arguments are Line2D properties:

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

bool

clip_box

Bbox

clip_on

bool

clip_path

Patch or (Path, Transform) or None

color or c

color

dash_capstyle

CapStyle or {'butt', 'projecting', 'round'}

dash_joinstyle

JoinStyle or {'miter', 'round', 'bevel'}

dashes

sequence of floats (on/off ink in points) or (None, None)

data

(2, N) array or two 1D arrays

drawstyle or ds

{'default', 'steps', 'steps-pre', 'steps-mid', 'steps-post'}, default: 'default'

figure

Figure

fillstyle

{'full', 'left', 'right', 'bottom', 'top', 'none'}

gid

str

in_layout

bool

label

object

linestyle or ls

{'-', '--', '-.', ':', '', (offset, on-off-seq), ...}

linewidth or lw

float

marker

marker style string, Path or MarkerStyle

markeredgecolor or mec

color

markeredgewidth or mew

float

markerfacecolor or mfc

color

markerfacecoloralt or mfcalt

color

markersize or ms

float

markevery

None or int or (int, int) or slice or list[int] or float or (float, float) or list[bool]

path_effects

AbstractPathEffect

picker

float or callable[[Artist, Event], tuple[bool, dict]]

pickradius

float

rasterized

bool

sketch_params

(scale: float, length: float, randomness: float)

snap

bool or None

solid_capstyle

CapStyle or {'butt', 'projecting', 'round'}

solid_joinstyle

JoinStyle or {'miter', 'round', 'bevel'}

transform

unknown

url

str

visible

bool

xdata

1D array

ydata

1D array

zorder

float

See set_linestyle() for a description of the line styles, set_marker() for a description of the markers, and set_drawstyle() for a description of the draw styles.

contains(mouseevent)[source]

Test whether mouseevent occurred on the line.

An event is deemed to have occurred "on" the line if it is less than self.pickradius (default: 5 points) away from it. Use get_pickradius or set_pickradius to get or set the pick radius.

Parameters
mouseeventmatplotlib.backend_bases.MouseEvent
Returns
containsbool

Whether any values are within the radius.

detailsdict

A dictionary {'ind': pointlist}, where pointlist is a list of points of the line that are within the pickradius around the event position.

TODO: sort returned indices by distance

draw(renderer)[source]

Draw the Artist (and its children) using the given renderer.

This has no effect if the artist is not visible (Artist.get_visible returns False).

Parameters
rendererRendererBase subclass.

Notes

This method is overridden in the Artist subclasses.

drawStyleKeys = ['default', 'steps-mid', 'steps-pre', 'steps-post', 'steps']
drawStyles = {'default': '_draw_lines', 'steps': '_draw_steps_pre', 'steps-mid': '_draw_steps_mid', 'steps-post': '_draw_steps_post', 'steps-pre': '_draw_steps_pre'}
fillStyles = ('full', 'left', 'right', 'bottom', 'top', 'none')
filled_markers = ('o', 'v', '^', '<', '>', '8', 's', 'p', '*', 'h', 'H', 'D', 'd', 'P', 'X')
get_aa()[source]

Alias for get_antialiased.

get_antialiased()[source]

Return whether antialiased rendering is used.

get_c()[source]

Alias for get_color.

get_color()[source]

Return the line color.

See also set_color.

get_dash_capstyle()[source]

Return the CapStyle for dashed lines.

See also set_dash_capstyle.

get_dash_joinstyle()[source]

Return the JoinStyle for dashed lines.

See also set_dash_joinstyle.

get_data(orig=True)[source]

Return the line data as an (xdata, ydata) pair.

If orig is True, return the original data.

get_drawstyle()[source]

Return the drawstyle.

See also set_drawstyle.

get_ds()[source]

Alias for get_drawstyle.

get_fillstyle()[source]

Return the marker fill style.

See also set_fillstyle.

get_linestyle()[source]

Return the linestyle.

See also set_linestyle.

get_linewidth()[source]

Return the linewidth in points.

See also set_linewidth.

get_ls()[source]

Alias for get_linestyle.

get_lw()[source]

Alias for get_linewidth.

get_marker()[source]

Return the line marker.

See also set_marker.

get_markeredgecolor()[source]

Return the marker edge color.

See also set_markeredgecolor.

get_markeredgewidth()[source]

Return the marker edge width in points.

See also set_markeredgewidth.

get_markerfacecolor()[source]

Return the marker face color.

See also set_markerfacecolor.

get_markerfacecoloralt()[source]

Return the alternate marker face color.

See also set_markerfacecoloralt.

get_markersize()[source]

Return the marker size in points.

See also set_markersize.

get_markevery()[source]

Return the markevery setting for marker subsampling.

See also set_markevery.

get_mec()[source]

Alias for get_markeredgecolor.

get_mew()[source]

Alias for get_markeredgewidth.

get_mfc()[source]

Alias for get_markerfacecolor.

get_mfcalt()[source]

Alias for get_markerfacecoloralt.

get_ms()[source]

Alias for get_markersize.

get_path()[source]

Return the Path associated with this line.

get_pickradius()[source]

Return the pick radius used for containment tests.

See contains for more details.

get_solid_capstyle()[source]

Return the CapStyle for solid lines.

See also set_solid_capstyle.

get_solid_joinstyle()[source]

Return the JoinStyle for solid lines.

See also set_solid_joinstyle.

get_window_extent(renderer)[source]

Get the artist's bounding box in display space.

The bounding box' width and height are nonnegative.

Subclasses should override for inclusion in the bounding box "tight" calculation. Default is to return an empty bounding box at 0, 0.

Be careful when using this function, the results will not update if the artist window extent of the artist changes. The extent can change due to any changes in the transform stack, such as changing the axes limits, the figure size, or the canvas used (as is done when saving a figure). This can lead to unexpected behavior where interactive figures will look fine on the screen, but will save incorrectly.

get_xdata(orig=True)[source]

Return the xdata.

If orig is True, return the original data, else the processed data.

get_xydata()[source]

Return the xy data as a Nx2 numpy array.

get_ydata(orig=True)[source]

Return the ydata.

If orig is True, return the original data, else the processed data.

is_dashed()[source]

Return whether line has a dashed linestyle.

A custom linestyle is assumed to be dashed, we do not inspect the onoffseq directly.

See also set_linestyle.

lineStyles = {'': '_draw_nothing', ' ': '_draw_nothing', '-': '_draw_solid', '--': '_draw_dashed', '-.': '_draw_dash_dot', ':': '_draw_dotted', 'None': '_draw_nothing'}
markers = {'.': 'point', ',': 'pixel', 'o': 'circle', 'v': 'triangle_down', '^': 'triangle_up', '<': 'triangle_left', '>': 'triangle_right', '1': 'tri_down', '2': 'tri_up', '3': 'tri_left', '4': 'tri_right', '8': 'octagon', 's': 'square', 'p': 'pentagon', '*': 'star', 'h': 'hexagon1', 'H': 'hexagon2', '+': 'plus', 'x': 'x', 'D': 'diamond', 'd': 'thin_diamond', '|': 'vline', '_': 'hline', 'P': 'plus_filled', 'X': 'x_filled', 0: 'tickleft', 1: 'tickright', 2: 'tickup', 3: 'tickdown', 4: 'caretleft', 5: 'caretright', 6: 'caretup', 7: 'caretdown', 8: 'caretleftbase', 9: 'caretrightbase', 10: 'caretupbase', 11: 'caretdownbase', 'None': 'nothing', None: 'nothing', ' ': 'nothing', '': 'nothing'}
property pickradius

Return the pick radius used for containment tests.

See contains for more details.

recache(always=False)[source]
recache_always()[source]
set(*, agg_filter=<UNSET>, alpha=<UNSET>, animated=<UNSET>, antialiased=<UNSET>, clip_box=<UNSET>, clip_on=<UNSET>, clip_path=<UNSET>, color=<UNSET>, dash_capstyle=<UNSET>, dash_joinstyle=<UNSET>, dashes=<UNSET>, data=<UNSET>, drawstyle=<UNSET>, fillstyle=<UNSET>, gid=<UNSET>, in_layout=<UNSET>, label=<UNSET>, linestyle=<UNSET>, linewidth=<UNSET>, marker=<UNSET>, markeredgecolor=<UNSET>, markeredgewidth=<UNSET>, markerfacecolor=<UNSET>, markerfacecoloralt=<UNSET>, markersize=<UNSET>, markevery=<UNSET>, path_effects=<UNSET>, picker=<UNSET>, pickradius=<UNSET>, rasterized=<UNSET>, sketch_params=<UNSET>, snap=<UNSET>, solid_capstyle=<UNSET>, solid_joinstyle=<UNSET>, transform=<UNSET>, url=<UNSET>, visible=<UNSET>, xdata=<UNSET>, ydata=<UNSET>, zorder=<UNSET>)[source]

Set multiple properties at once.

Supported properties 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

bool

clip_box

Bbox

clip_on

bool

clip_path

Patch or (Path, Transform) or None

color

color

dash_capstyle

CapStyle or {'butt', 'projecting', 'round'}

dash_joinstyle

JoinStyle or {'miter', 'round', 'bevel'}

dashes

sequence of floats (on/off ink in points) or (None, None)

data

(2, N) array or two 1D arrays

drawstyle

{'default', 'steps', 'steps-pre', 'steps-mid', 'steps-post'}, default: 'default'

figure

Figure

fillstyle

{'full', 'left', 'right', 'bottom', 'top', 'none'}

gid

str

in_layout

bool

label

object

linestyle

{'-', '--', '-.', ':', '', (offset, on-off-seq), ...}

linewidth

float

marker

marker style string, Path or MarkerStyle

markeredgecolor

color

markeredgewidth

float

markerfacecolor

color

markerfacecoloralt

color

markersize

float

markevery

None or int or (int, int) or slice or list[int] or float or (float, float) or list[bool]

path_effects

AbstractPathEffect

picker

float or callable[[Artist, Event], tuple[bool, dict]]

pickradius

float

rasterized

bool

sketch_params

(scale: float, length: float, randomness: float)

snap

bool or None

solid_capstyle

CapStyle or {'butt', 'projecting', 'round'}

solid_joinstyle

JoinStyle or {'miter', 'round', 'bevel'}

transform

unknown

url

str

visible

bool

xdata

1D array

ydata

1D array

zorder

float

set_aa(b)[source]

Alias for set_antialiased.

set_antialiased(b)[source]

Set whether to use antialiased rendering.

Parameters
bbool
set_c(color)[source]

Alias for set_color.

set_color(color)[source]

Set the color of the line.

Parameters
colorcolor
set_dash_capstyle(s)[source]

How to draw the end caps if the line is is_dashed.

Parameters
sCapStyle or {'butt', 'projecting', 'round'}
set_dash_joinstyle(s)[source]

How to join segments of the line if it is_dashed.

Parameters
sJoinStyle or {'miter', 'round', 'bevel'}
set_dashes(seq)[source]

Set the dash sequence.

The dash sequence is a sequence of floats of even length describing the length of dashes and spaces in points.

For example, (5, 2, 1, 2) describes a sequence of 5 point and 1 point dashes separated by 2 point spaces.

Parameters
seqsequence of floats (on/off ink in points) or (None, None)

If seq is empty or (None, None), the linestyle will be set to solid.

set_data(*args)[source]

Set the x and y data.

Parameters
*args(2, N) array or two 1D arrays
set_drawstyle(drawstyle)[source]

Set the drawstyle of the plot.

The drawstyle determines how the points are connected.

Parameters
drawstyle{'default', 'steps', 'steps-pre', 'steps-mid', 'steps-post'}, default: 'default'

For 'default', the points are connected with straight lines.

The steps variants connect the points with step-like lines, i.e. horizontal lines with vertical steps. They differ in the location of the step:

  • 'steps-pre': The step is at the beginning of the line segment, i.e. the line will be at the y-value of point to the right.

  • 'steps-mid': The step is halfway between the points.

  • 'steps-post: The step is at the end of the line segment, i.e. the line will be at the y-value of the point to the left.

  • 'steps' is equal to 'steps-pre' and is maintained for backward-compatibility.

For examples see Step Demo.

set_ds(drawstyle)[source]

Alias for set_drawstyle.

set_fillstyle(fs)[source]

Set the marker fill style.

Parameters
fs{'full', 'left', 'right', 'bottom', 'top', 'none'}

Possible values:

  • 'full': Fill the whole marker with the markerfacecolor.

  • 'left', 'right', 'bottom', 'top': Fill the marker half at the given side with the markerfacecolor. The other half of the marker is filled with markerfacecoloralt.

  • 'none': No filling.

For examples see Marker fill styles.

set_linestyle(ls)[source]

Set the linestyle of the line.

Parameters
ls{'-', '--', '-.', ':', '', (offset, on-off-seq), ...}

Possible values:

  • A string:

    linestyle

    description

    '-' or 'solid'

    solid line

    '--' or 'dashed'

    dashed line

    '-.' or 'dashdot'

    dash-dotted line

    ':' or 'dotted'

    dotted line

    'none', 'None', ' ', or ''

    draw nothing

  • Alternatively a dash tuple of the following form can be provided:

    (offset, onoffseq)
    

    where onoffseq is an even length tuple of on and off ink in points. See also set_dashes().

For examples see Linestyles.

set_linewidth(w)[source]

Set the line width in points.

Parameters
wfloat

Line width, in points.

set_ls(ls)[source]

Alias for set_linestyle.

set_lw(w)[source]

Alias for set_linewidth.

set_marker(marker)[source]

Set the line marker.

Parameters
markermarker style string, Path or MarkerStyle

See markers for full description of possible arguments.

set_markeredgecolor(ec)[source]

Set the marker edge color.

Parameters
eccolor
set_markeredgewidth(ew)[source]

Set the marker edge width in points.

Parameters
ewfloat

Marker edge width, in points.

set_markerfacecolor(fc)[source]

Set the marker face color.

Parameters
fccolor
set_markerfacecoloralt(fc)[source]

Set the alternate marker face color.

Parameters
fccolor
set_markersize(sz)[source]

Set the marker size in points.

Parameters
szfloat

Marker size, in points.

set_markevery(every)[source]

Set the markevery property to subsample the plot when using markers.

e.g., if every=5, every 5-th marker will be plotted.

Parameters
everyNone or int or (int, int) or slice or list[int] or float or (float, float) or list[bool]

Which markers to plot.

  • every=None, every point will be plotted.

  • every=N, every N-th marker will be plotted starting with marker 0.

  • every=(start, N), every N-th marker, starting at point start, will be plotted.

  • every=slice(start, end, N), every N-th marker, starting at point start, up to but not including point end, will be plotted.

  • every=[i, j, m, n], only markers at points i, j, m, and n will be plotted.

  • every=[True, False, True], positions that are True will be plotted.

  • every=0.1, (i.e. a float) then markers will be spaced at approximately equal distances along the line; the distance along the line between markers is determined by multiplying the display-coordinate distance of the axes bounding-box diagonal by the value of every.

  • every=(0.5, 0.1) (i.e. a length-2 tuple of float), the same functionality as every=0.1 is exhibited but the first marker will be 0.5 multiplied by the display-coordinate-diagonal-distance along the line.

For examples see Markevery Demo.

Notes

Setting the markevery property will only show markers at actual data points. When using float arguments to set the markevery property on irregularly spaced data, the markers will likely not appear evenly spaced because the actual data points do not coincide with the theoretical spacing between markers.

When using a start offset to specify the first marker, the offset will be from the first data point which may be different from the first the visible data point if the plot is zoomed in.

If zooming in on a plot when using float arguments then the actual data points that have markers will change because the distance between markers is always determined from the display-coordinates axes-bounding-box-diagonal regardless of the actual axes data limits.

set_mec(ec)[source]

Alias for set_markeredgecolor.

set_mew(ew)[source]

Alias for set_markeredgewidth.

set_mfc(fc)[source]

Alias for set_markerfacecolor.

set_mfcalt(fc)[source]

Alias for set_markerfacecoloralt.

set_ms(sz)[source]

Alias for set_markersize.

set_picker(p)[source]

Set the event picker details for the line.

Parameters
pfloat or callable[[Artist, Event], tuple[bool, dict]]

If a float, it is used as the pick radius in points.

set_pickradius(d)[source]

Set the pick radius used for containment tests.

See contains for more details.

Parameters
dfloat

Pick radius, in points.

set_solid_capstyle(s)[source]

How to draw the end caps if the line is solid (not is_dashed)

Parameters
sCapStyle or {'butt', 'projecting', 'round'}
set_solid_joinstyle(s)[source]

How to join segments if the line is solid (not is_dashed).

Parameters
sJoinStyle or {'miter', 'round', 'bevel'}
set_transform(t)[source]

Set the artist transform.

Parameters
tTransform
set_xdata(x)[source]

Set the data array for x.

Parameters
x1D array
set_ydata(y)[source]

Set the data array for y.

Parameters
y1D array
update_from(other)[source]

Copy properties from other to self.

validCap = ('butt', 'projecting', 'round')
validJoin = ('miter', 'round', 'bevel')
zorder = 2

Examples using matplotlib.lines.Line2D