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.. _sphx_glr_intro_matplotlib_auto_examples_plot_polar.py:


Plotting in polar coordinnates
===============================

A simple example showing how to plot in polar coordinnates with
matplotlib.

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.. image-sg:: /intro/matplotlib/auto_examples/images/sphx_glr_plot_polar_001.png
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    import numpy as np
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

    ax = plt.axes([0.025, 0.025, 0.95, 0.95], polar=True)

    N = 20
    theta = np.arange(0.0, 2 * np.pi, 2 * np.pi / N)
    radii = 10 * np.random.rand(N)
    width = np.pi / 4 * np.random.rand(N)
    bars = plt.bar(theta, radii, width=width, bottom=0.0)

    for r,bar in zip(radii, bars):
        bar.set_facecolor(plt.cm.jet(r/10.))
        bar.set_alpha(0.5)

    ax.set_xticklabels([])
    ax.set_yticklabels([])
    plt.show()


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