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<h1>spines<a class="headerlink" href="#spines" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<div class="section" id="module-matplotlib.spines">
<span id="matplotlib-spines"></span><h2><a class="reference internal" href="#module-matplotlib.spines" title="matplotlib.spines"><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.spines</span></tt></a><a class="headerlink" href="#module-matplotlib.spines" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<dl class="class">
<dt id="matplotlib.spines.Spine">
<em class="property">class </em><tt class="descclassname">matplotlib.spines.</tt><tt class="descname">Spine</tt><big>(</big><em>axes</em>, <em>spine_type</em>, <em>path</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.spines.Spine" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="artist_api.html#matplotlib.patches.Patch" title="matplotlib.patches.Patch"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.patches.Patch</span></tt></a></p>
<p>an axis spine – the line noting the data area boundaries</p>
<p>Spines are the lines connecting the axis tick marks and noting the
boundaries of the data area. They can be placed at arbitrary
positions. See function:<a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.spines.Spine.set_position" title="matplotlib.spines.Spine.set_position"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">set_position</span></tt></a>
for more information.</p>
<p>The default position is <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">('outward',0)</span></tt>.</p>
<p>Spines are subclasses of class:<a class="reference internal" href="artist_api.html#matplotlib.patches.Patch" title="matplotlib.patches.Patch"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">Patch</span></tt></a>, and
inherit much of their behavior.</p>
<p>Spines draw a line or a circle, depending if
function:<a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.spines.Spine.set_patch_line" title="matplotlib.spines.Spine.set_patch_line"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">set_patch_line</span></tt></a> or
function:<a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.spines.Spine.set_patch_circle" title="matplotlib.spines.Spine.set_patch_circle"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">set_patch_circle</span></tt></a> has been
called. Line-like is the default.</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><em>axes</em> : the Axes instance containing the spine</li>
<li><em>spine_type</em> : a string specifying the spine type</li>
<li><em>path</em> : the path instance used to draw the spine</li>
</ul>
<p>Valid kwargs are:</p>
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<th class="head">Description</th>
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<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="artist_api.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_agg_filter" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_agg_filter"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">agg_filter</span></tt></a></td>
<td>unknown</td>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="artist_api.html#matplotlib.patches.Patch.set_alpha" title="matplotlib.patches.Patch.set_alpha"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">alpha</span></tt></a></td>
<td>float or None</td>
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<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="artist_api.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_animated" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_animated"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">animated</span></tt></a></td>
<td>[True | False]</td>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="artist_api.html#matplotlib.patches.Patch.set_antialiased" title="matplotlib.patches.Patch.set_antialiased"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">antialiased</span></tt></a> or aa</td>
<td>[True | False] or None for default</td>
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<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="artist_api.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_axes" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_axes"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">axes</span></tt></a></td>
<td>an <a class="reference internal" href="axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Axes</span></tt></a> instance</td>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="artist_api.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_clip_box" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_clip_box"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">clip_box</span></tt></a></td>
<td>a <a class="reference internal" href="../devel/transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.Bbox" title="matplotlib.transforms.Bbox"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.transforms.Bbox</span></tt></a> instance</td>
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<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="artist_api.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_clip_on" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_clip_on"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">clip_on</span></tt></a></td>
<td>[True | False]</td>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="artist_api.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_clip_path" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_clip_path"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">clip_path</span></tt></a></td>
<td>[ (<a class="reference internal" href="path_api.html#matplotlib.path.Path" title="matplotlib.path.Path"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Path</span></tt></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../devel/transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.Transform" title="matplotlib.transforms.Transform"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Transform</span></tt></a>) | <a class="reference internal" href="artist_api.html#matplotlib.patches.Patch" title="matplotlib.patches.Patch"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Patch</span></tt></a> | None ]</td>
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<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="artist_api.html#matplotlib.patches.Patch.set_color" title="matplotlib.patches.Patch.set_color"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">color</span></tt></a></td>
<td>matplotlib color spec</td>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="artist_api.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_contains" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_contains"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">contains</span></tt></a></td>
<td>a callable function</td>
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<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="artist_api.html#matplotlib.patches.Patch.set_edgecolor" title="matplotlib.patches.Patch.set_edgecolor"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">edgecolor</span></tt></a> or ec</td>
<td>mpl color spec, or None for default, or ‘none’ for no color</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="artist_api.html#matplotlib.patches.Patch.set_facecolor" title="matplotlib.patches.Patch.set_facecolor"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">facecolor</span></tt></a> or fc</td>
<td>mpl color spec, or None for default, or ‘none’ for no color</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="artist_api.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_figure" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_figure"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">figure</span></tt></a></td>
<td>a <a class="reference internal" href="figure_api.html#matplotlib.figure.Figure" title="matplotlib.figure.Figure"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.figure.Figure</span></tt></a> instance</td>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="artist_api.html#matplotlib.patches.Patch.set_fill" title="matplotlib.patches.Patch.set_fill"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">fill</span></tt></a></td>
<td>[True | False]</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="artist_api.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_gid" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_gid"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">gid</span></tt></a></td>
<td>an id string</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="artist_api.html#matplotlib.patches.Patch.set_hatch" title="matplotlib.patches.Patch.set_hatch"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">hatch</span></tt></a></td>
<td>[ ‘/’ | ‘\’ | ‘|’ | ‘-‘ | ‘+’ | ‘x’ | ‘o’ | ‘O’ | ‘.’ | ‘*’ ]</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="artist_api.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_label" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_label"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">label</span></tt></a></td>
<td>string or anything printable with ‘%s’ conversion.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="artist_api.html#matplotlib.patches.Patch.set_linestyle" title="matplotlib.patches.Patch.set_linestyle"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">linestyle</span></tt></a> or ls</td>
<td>[‘solid’ | ‘dashed’ | ‘dashdot’ | ‘dotted’]</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="artist_api.html#matplotlib.patches.Patch.set_linewidth" title="matplotlib.patches.Patch.set_linewidth"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">linewidth</span></tt></a> or lw</td>
<td>float or None for default</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="artist_api.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_lod" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_lod"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">lod</span></tt></a></td>
<td>[True | False]</td>
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<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="artist_api.html#matplotlib.patches.Patch.set_path_effects" title="matplotlib.patches.Patch.set_path_effects"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">path_effects</span></tt></a></td>
<td>unknown</td>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="artist_api.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_picker" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_picker"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">picker</span></tt></a></td>
<td>[None|float|boolean|callable]</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="artist_api.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_rasterized" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_rasterized"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">rasterized</span></tt></a></td>
<td>[True | False | None]</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="artist_api.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_snap" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_snap"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">snap</span></tt></a></td>
<td>unknown</td>
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<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="artist_api.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_transform" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_transform"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">transform</span></tt></a></td>
<td><a class="reference internal" href="../devel/transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.Transform" title="matplotlib.transforms.Transform"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Transform</span></tt></a> instance</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="artist_api.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_url" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_url"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">url</span></tt></a></td>
<td>a url string</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="artist_api.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_visible" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_visible"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">visible</span></tt></a></td>
<td>[True | False]</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="artist_api.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_zorder" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_zorder"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">zorder</span></tt></a></td>
<td>any number</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<dl class="classmethod">
<dt id="matplotlib.spines.Spine.circular_spine">
<em class="property">classmethod </em><tt class="descname">circular_spine</tt><big>(</big><em>axes</em>, <em>center</em>, <em>radius</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.spines.Spine.circular_spine" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>(staticmethod) Returns a circular <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.spines.Spine" title="matplotlib.spines.Spine"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Spine</span></tt></a>.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.spines.Spine.cla">
<tt class="descname">cla</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.spines.Spine.cla" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Clear the current spine</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.spines.Spine.draw">
<tt class="descname">draw</tt><big>(</big><em>artist</em>, <em>renderer</em>, <em>*args</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.spines.Spine.draw" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.spines.Spine.get_bounds">
<tt class="descname">get_bounds</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.spines.Spine.get_bounds" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Get the bounds of the spine.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.spines.Spine.get_patch_transform">
<tt class="descname">get_patch_transform</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.spines.Spine.get_patch_transform" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.spines.Spine.get_path">
<tt class="descname">get_path</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.spines.Spine.get_path" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.spines.Spine.get_position">
<tt class="descname">get_position</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.spines.Spine.get_position" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>get the spine position</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.spines.Spine.get_smart_bounds">
<tt class="descname">get_smart_bounds</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.spines.Spine.get_smart_bounds" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>get whether the spine has smart bounds</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.spines.Spine.get_spine_transform">
<tt class="descname">get_spine_transform</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.spines.Spine.get_spine_transform" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>get the spine transform</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.spines.Spine.is_frame_like">
<tt class="descname">is_frame_like</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.spines.Spine.is_frame_like" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>return True if directly on axes frame</p>
<p>This is useful for determining if a spine is the edge of an
old style MPL plot. If so, this function will return True.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="classmethod">
<dt id="matplotlib.spines.Spine.linear_spine">
<em class="property">classmethod </em><tt class="descname">linear_spine</tt><big>(</big><em>axes</em>, <em>spine_type</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.spines.Spine.linear_spine" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>(staticmethod) Returns a linear <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.spines.Spine" title="matplotlib.spines.Spine"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Spine</span></tt></a>.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.spines.Spine.register_axis">
<tt class="descname">register_axis</tt><big>(</big><em>axis</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.spines.Spine.register_axis" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>register an axis</p>
<p>An axis should be registered with its corresponding spine from
the Axes instance. This allows the spine to clear any axis
properties when needed.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.spines.Spine.set_bounds">
<tt class="descname">set_bounds</tt><big>(</big><em>low</em>, <em>high</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.spines.Spine.set_bounds" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Set the bounds of the spine.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.spines.Spine.set_color">
<tt class="descname">set_color</tt><big>(</big><em>c</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.spines.Spine.set_color" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Set the edgecolor.</p>
<p>ACCEPTS: matplotlib color arg or sequence of rgba tuples</p>
<div class="admonition-see-also admonition seealso">
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<dt><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">set_facecolor()</span></tt>, <tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">set_edgecolor()</span></tt></dt>
<dd>For setting the edge or face color individually.</dd>
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<dt id="matplotlib.spines.Spine.set_patch_circle">
<tt class="descname">set_patch_circle</tt><big>(</big><em>center</em>, <em>radius</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.spines.Spine.set_patch_circle" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>set the spine to be circular</p>
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<dt id="matplotlib.spines.Spine.set_patch_line">
<tt class="descname">set_patch_line</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.spines.Spine.set_patch_line" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>set the spine to be linear</p>
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<dt id="matplotlib.spines.Spine.set_position">
<tt class="descname">set_position</tt><big>(</big><em>position</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.spines.Spine.set_position" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>set the position of the spine</p>
<p>Spine position is specified by a 2 tuple of (position type,
amount). The position types are:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>‘outward’ : place the spine out from the data area by the
specified number of points. (Negative values specify placing the
spine inward.)</li>
<li>‘axes’ : place the spine at the specified Axes coordinate (from
0.0-1.0).</li>
<li>‘data’ : place the spine at the specified data coordinate.</li>
</ul>
<p>Additionally, shorthand notations define a special positions:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>‘center’ -> (‘axes’,0.5)</li>
<li>‘zero’ -> (‘data’, 0.0)</li>
</ul>
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<dt id="matplotlib.spines.Spine.set_smart_bounds">
<tt class="descname">set_smart_bounds</tt><big>(</big><em>value</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.spines.Spine.set_smart_bounds" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>set the spine and associated axis to have smart bounds</p>
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