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# matplotlib.patches.Polygon

class `matplotlib.patches.``Polygon`(xy, closed=True, **kwargs)

  A general polygon patch.

  xy is a numpy array with shape Nx2.

  If closed is True, the polygon will be closed so the starting and ending points are the same.

  Valid kwargs are:

  > Property | Description
  > --- | ---
  > `agg_filter` | unknown
  > `alpha` | float or None
  > `animated` | [True | False]
  > `antialiased` or aa | [True | False] or None for default
  > `axes` | an `Axes` instance
  > `capstyle` | [‘butt’ | ‘round’ | ‘projecting’]
  > `clip_box` | a `matplotlib.transforms.Bbox` instance
  > `clip_on` | [True | False]
  > `clip_path` | [ (`Path`, `Transform`) | `Patch` | None ]
  > `color` | matplotlib color spec
  > `contains` | a callable function
  > `edgecolor` or ec | mpl color spec, None, ‘none’, or ‘auto’
  > `facecolor` or fc | mpl color spec, or None for default, or ‘none’ for no color
  > `figure` | a `matplotlib.figure.Figure` instance
  > `fill` | [True | False]
  > `gid` | an id string
  > `hatch` | [‘/’ | ‘' | ‘|’ | ‘-‘ | ‘+’ | ‘x’ | ‘o’ | ‘O’ | ‘.’ | ‘*’]
  > `joinstyle` | [‘miter’ | ‘round’ | ‘bevel’]
  > `label` | string or anything printable with ‘%s’ conversion.
  > `linestyle` or ls | [‘solid’ | ‘dashed’, ‘dashdot’, ‘dotted’ | (offset, on-off-dash-seq) | `'-'` | `'--'` | `'-.'` | `':'` | `'None'` | `' '` | `''`]
  > `linewidth` or lw | float or None for default
  > `path_effects` | unknown
  > `picker` | [None|float|boolean|callable]
  > `rasterized` | [True | False | None]
  > `sketch_params` | unknown
  > `snap` | unknown
  > `transform` | `Transform` instance
  > `url` | a url string
  > `visible` | [True | False]
  > `zorder` | any number

  See also

  `Patch`
    For additional kwargs

## Examples using `matplotlib.patches.Polygon`

Circles, Wedges and Polygons

Poly Editor

Trifinder Event Demo

Hatch Demo

Integral as the area under a curve

Boxplots