

.. _sphx_glr_gallery_pylab_examples_dashpointlabel.py:


===============
Dashpoint Label
===============





.. image:: /gallery/pylab_examples/images/sphx_glr_dashpointlabel_001.png
    :align: center





.. code-block:: python

    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

    DATA = ((1, 3),
            (2, 4),
            (3, 1),
            (4, 2))
    # dash_style =
    #     direction, length, (text)rotation, dashrotation, push
    # (The parameters are varied to show their effects,
    # not for visual appeal).
    dash_style = (
        (0, 20, -15, 30, 10),
        (1, 30, 0, 15, 10),
        (0, 40, 15, 15, 10),
        (1, 20, 30, 60, 10),
        )

    fig, ax = plt.subplots()

    (x, y) = zip(*DATA)
    ax.plot(x, y, marker='o')
    for i in range(len(DATA)):
        (x, y) = DATA[i]
        (dd, dl, r, dr, dp) = dash_style[i]
        #print('dashlen call %d' % dl)
        t = ax.text(x, y, str((x, y)), withdash=True,
                    dashdirection=dd,
                    dashlength=dl,
                    rotation=r,
                    dashrotation=dr,
                    dashpush=dp,
                    )

    ax.set_xlim((0.0, 5.0))
    ax.set_ylim((0.0, 5.0))

    plt.show()

**Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes  0.023 seconds)



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