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

    Click :ref:`here <sphx_glr_download_gallery_images_contours_and_fields_matshow.py>` to download the full example code
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_gallery_images_contours_and_fields_matshow.py:


=======
Matshow
=======

Simple `~.axes.Axes.matshow` example.



.. code-block:: python

    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import numpy as np


    def samplemat(dims):
        """Make a matrix with all zeros and increasing elements on the diagonal"""
        aa = np.zeros(dims)
        for i in range(min(dims)):
            aa[i, i] = i
        return aa


    # Display matrix
    plt.matshow(samplemat((15, 15)))

    plt.show()




.. image:: /gallery/images_contours_and_fields/images/sphx_glr_matshow_001.png
    :class: sphx-glr-single-img




------------

References
""""""""""

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



.. code-block:: python


    import matplotlib
    matplotlib.axes.Axes.matshow
    matplotlib.pyplot.matshow







.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_images_contours_and_fields_matshow.py:


.. only :: html

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



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

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



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

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


.. only:: html

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

    Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot
    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery
    <https://sphinx-gallery.readthedocs.io>`_
