matplotlib.patches.Circle

class matplotlib.patches.Circle(xy, radius=5, **kwargs)

Bases: matplotlib.patches.Ellipse

A circle patch.

Create a true circle at center xy = (x, y) with given radius.

Unlike CirclePolygon which is a polygonal approximation, this uses Bezier splines and is much closer to a scale-free circle.

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	unknown
animated	bool
antialiased or aa	bool or None
capstyle	CapStyle or {'butt', 'projecting', 'round'}
clip_box	Bbox
clip_on	bool
clip_path	Patch or (Path, Transform) or None
color	color
edgecolor or ec	color or None
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

get_radius()

Return the radius of the circle.

property radius

Return the radius of the circle.

set(*, agg_filter=<UNSET>, alpha=<UNSET>, angle=<UNSET>, animated=<UNSET>, antialiased=<UNSET>, capstyle=<UNSET>, center=<UNSET>, clip_box=<UNSET>, clip_on=<UNSET>, clip_path=<UNSET>, color=<UNSET>, edgecolor=<UNSET>, facecolor=<UNSET>, fill=<UNSET>, gid=<UNSET>, hatch=<UNSET>, height=<UNSET>, in_layout=<UNSET>, joinstyle=<UNSET>, label=<UNSET>, linestyle=<UNSET>, linewidth=<UNSET>, path_effects=<UNSET>, picker=<UNSET>, radius=<UNSET>, rasterized=<UNSET>, sketch_params=<UNSET>, snap=<UNSET>, transform=<UNSET>, url=<UNSET>, visible=<UNSET>, width=<UNSET>, zorder=<UNSET>)

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
angle	float
animated	bool
antialiased or aa	bool or None
capstyle	CapStyle or {'butt', 'projecting', 'round'}
center	(float, float)
clip_box	Bbox
clip_on	bool
clip_path	Patch or (Path, Transform) or None
color	color
edgecolor or ec	color or None
facecolor or fc	color or None
figure	Figure
fill	bool
gid	str
hatch	{'/', '\', '|', '-', '+', 'x', 'o', 'O', '.', '*'}
height	float
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
radius	float
rasterized	bool
sketch_params	(scale: float, length: float, randomness: float)
snap	bool or None
transform	Transform
url	str
visible	bool
width	float
zorder	float

set_radius(radius)

Set the radius of the circle.

Parameters

radiusfloat

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