{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "\n# Lines with a ticked patheffect\n\nTicks can be added along a line to mark one side as a barrier using\n`~matplotlib.patheffects.TickedStroke`. You can control the angle,\nspacing, and length of the ticks.\n\nThe ticks will also appear appropriately in the legend.\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [], "source": [ "import matplotlib.pyplot as plt\nimport numpy as np\n\nfrom matplotlib import patheffects\n\n# Plot a straight diagonal line with ticked style path\nfig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(6, 6))\nax.plot([0, 1], [0, 1], label=\"Line\",\n path_effects=[patheffects.withTickedStroke(spacing=7, angle=135)])\n\n# Plot a curved line with ticked style path\nnx = 101\nx = np.linspace(0.0, 1.0, nx)\ny = 0.3*np.sin(x*8) + 0.4\nax.plot(x, y, label=\"Curve\", path_effects=[patheffects.withTickedStroke()])\n\nax.legend()\n\nplt.show()" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ ".. tags::\n\n styling: linestyle\n plot-type: line\n level: beginner\n\n" ] } ], "metadata": { "kernelspec": { "display_name": "Python 3", "language": "python", "name": "python3" }, "language_info": { "codemirror_mode": { "name": "ipython", "version": 3 }, "file_extension": ".py", "mimetype": "text/x-python", "name": "python", "nbconvert_exporter": "python", "pygments_lexer": "ipython3", "version": "3.13.5" } }, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 0 }