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--- other:python:matplotlib_by_jyp [2020/02/11 13:55] – [Starting (and more) with matplotlib] jypeter
+++ other:python:matplotlib_by_jyp [2020/03/31 12:49] – [Misc Matplotlib tricks] Improved jypeter
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 ===== Misc Matplotlib tricks =====
-  * Specifying the background color of a plot (e.g. when plotting a masked variable and you don't want the masked areas to be white)
+==== Specifying the background color of a plot ====
-    * ''# make the background dark gray (call this before the contourf)''\\ ''plt.gca().patch.set_color('.25')''\\ ''plt.contourf(d)''\\ ''plt.show()''
-    * [[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9797520/masking-part-of-a-contourf-plot-in-matplotlib|trick source]]
+e.g. You need to plot a masked variable, but you don't want the masked areas to be white
+<code># make the background dark gray (call this before the contourf)
+plt.gca().patch.set_color('.25')
+plt.contourf(d)
+plt.show()</code>
+[[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9797520/masking-part-of-a-contourf-plot-in-matplotlib|trick source]]