.. _lines_bars_and_markers-linestyles:

lines_bars_and_markers example code: linestyles.py
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.. plot:: /home/tcaswell/source/p/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/lines_bars_and_markers/linestyles.py

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    """
    Different linestyles copying those of Tikz/PGF
    """
    import numpy as np
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    from collections import OrderedDict
    
    linestyles = OrderedDict(
        [('solid',               (0, ())),
         ('loosely dotted',      (0, (1, 10))),
         ('dotted',              (0, (1, 5))),
         ('densely dotted',      (0, (1, 1))),
    
         ('loosely dashed',      (0, (5, 10))),
         ('dashed',              (0, (5, 5))),
         ('densely dashed',      (0, (5, 1))),
    
         ('loosely dashdotted',  (0, (3, 10, 1, 10))),
         ('dashdotted',          (0, (3, 5, 1, 5))),
         ('densely dashdotted',  (0, (3, 1, 1, 1))),
    
         ('loosely dashdotdotted', (0, (3, 10, 1, 10, 1, 10))),
         ('dashdotdotted',         (0, (3, 5, 1, 5, 1, 5))),
         ('densely dashdotdotted', (0, (3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1)))])
    
    
    plt.figure(figsize=(10, 6))
    ax = plt.subplot(1, 1, 1)
    
    X, Y = np.linspace(0, 100, 10), np.zeros(10)
    for i, (name, linestyle) in enumerate(linestyles.items()):
        ax.plot(X, Y+i, linestyle=linestyle, linewidth=1.5, color='black')
    
    ax.set_ylim(-0.5, len(linestyles)-0.5)
    plt.yticks(np.arange(len(linestyles)), linestyles.keys())
    plt.xticks([])
    
    for i, (name, linestyle) in enumerate(linestyles.items()):
        ax.text(-0.5, i-0.4, str(linestyle), fontsize=8, ha="right",
                color="blue", family="monospace")
    
    plt.tight_layout()
    plt.show()
    

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