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.. _sphx_glr_gallery_pyplots_annotation_polar.py:


================
Annotation Polar
================

This example shows how to create an annotation on a polar graph.

For a complete overview of the annotation capabilities, also see the
:doc:`annotation tutorial</tutorials/text/annotations>`.

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.. code-block:: default

    import numpy as np
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

    fig = plt.figure()
    ax = fig.add_subplot(111, polar=True)
    r = np.arange(0, 1, 0.001)
    theta = 2 * 2*np.pi * r
    line, = ax.plot(theta, r, color='#ee8d18', lw=3)

    ind = 800
    thisr, thistheta = r[ind], theta[ind]
    ax.plot([thistheta], [thisr], 'o')
    ax.annotate('a polar annotation',
                xy=(thistheta, thisr),  # theta, radius
                xytext=(0.05, 0.05),    # fraction, fraction
                textcoords='figure fraction',
                arrowprops=dict(facecolor='black', shrink=0.05),
                horizontalalignment='left',
                verticalalignment='bottom',
                )
    plt.show()




.. image:: /gallery/pyplots/images/sphx_glr_annotation_polar_001.png
    :alt: annotation polar
    :class: sphx-glr-single-img





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References
""""""""""

The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown
in this example:

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.. code-block:: default


    import matplotlib
    matplotlib.projections.polar
    matplotlib.axes.Axes.annotate
    matplotlib.pyplot.annotate




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    <function annotate at 0x7f73be824790>




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    Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot
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