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.. THIS FILE WAS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED BY SPHINX-GALLERY.
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.. "intro/matplotlib/auto_examples/pretty_plots/plot_plot_ext.py"
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.. only:: html

    .. note::
        :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

        :ref:`Go to the end <sphx_glr_download_intro_matplotlib_auto_examples_pretty_plots_plot_plot_ext.py>`
        to download the full example code

.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_intro_matplotlib_auto_examples_pretty_plots_plot_plot_ext.py:


Plot example vignette
=======================

An example of plots with matplotlib, and added annotations.

.. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 7-44



.. image-sg:: /intro/matplotlib/auto_examples/pretty_plots/images/sphx_glr_plot_plot_ext_001.png
   :alt: plot plot ext
   :srcset: /intro/matplotlib/auto_examples/pretty_plots/images/sphx_glr_plot_plot_ext_001.png
   :class: sphx-glr-single-img





.. code-block:: default


    import numpy as np
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

    n = 256
    X = np.linspace(0, 2, n)
    Y = np.sin(2 * np.pi * X)

    plt.plot (X, Y, lw=2, color='violet')
    plt.xlim(-0.2, 2.2)
    plt.xticks([])
    plt.ylim(-1.2, 1.2)
    plt.yticks([])


    # Add a title and a box around it
    from matplotlib.patches import FancyBboxPatch
    ax = plt.gca()
    ax.add_patch(FancyBboxPatch((-0.05, .87),
                                width=.66, height=.165, clip_on=False,
                                boxstyle="square,pad=0", zorder=3,
                                facecolor='white', alpha=1.0,
                                transform=plt.gca().transAxes))

    plt.text(-0.05, 1.02, " Regular Plot:      plt.plot(...)\n",
            horizontalalignment='left',
            verticalalignment='top',
            size='xx-large',
            transform=plt.gca().transAxes)

    plt.text(-0.05, 1.01, "\n\n   Plot lines and/or markers ",
            horizontalalignment='left',
            verticalalignment='top',
            size='large',
            transform=plt.gca().transAxes)

    plt.show()


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   **Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes  0.049 seconds)


.. _sphx_glr_download_intro_matplotlib_auto_examples_pretty_plots_plot_plot_ext.py:

.. only:: html

  .. container:: sphx-glr-footer sphx-glr-footer-example




    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python

      :download:`Download Python source code: plot_plot_ext.py <plot_plot_ext.py>`

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter

      :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: plot_plot_ext.ipynb <plot_plot_ext.ipynb>`


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 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

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