matplotlib.pyplot.rc#
- matplotlib.pyplot.rc(group, **kwargs)[source]#
Set the current
rcParams
. group is the grouping for the rc, e.g., forlines.linewidth
the group islines
, foraxes.facecolor
, the group isaxes
, and so on. Group may also be a list or tuple of group names, e.g., (xtick, ytick). kwargs is a dictionary attribute name/value pairs, e.g.,:rc('lines', linewidth=2, color='r')
sets the current
rcParams
and is equivalent to:rcParams['lines.linewidth'] = 2 rcParams['lines.color'] = 'r'
The following aliases are available to save typing for interactive users:
Alias
Property
'lw'
'linewidth'
'ls'
'linestyle'
'c'
'color'
'fc'
'facecolor'
'ec'
'edgecolor'
'mew'
'markeredgewidth'
'aa'
'antialiased'
Thus you could abbreviate the above call as:
rc('lines', lw=2, c='r')
Note you can use python's kwargs dictionary facility to store dictionaries of default parameters. e.g., you can customize the font rc as follows:
font = {'family' : 'monospace', 'weight' : 'bold', 'size' : 'larger'} rc('font', **font) # pass in the font dict as kwargs
This enables you to easily switch between several configurations. Use
matplotlib.style.use('default')
orrcdefaults()
to restore the defaultrcParams
after changes.Notes
Note
This is equivalent to
matplotlib.rc
.Similar functionality is available by using the normal dict interface, i.e.
rcParams.update({"lines.linewidth": 2, ...})
(butrcParams.update
does not support abbreviations or grouping).
Examples using matplotlib.pyplot.rc
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Customizing dashed line styles