postprocessing.matplotlib

Submodules

• postprocessing.matplotlib.utils

Functions

get_available_styles()	Function to get a list of the names of the available styles.
get_style([style_name])	Function to get the stylesheet that can be passed to matplotlib's style
get_colors([style_name, rcParams])	Function to get colors associated with a matplotlib style, using either the
adjust_spines([ax, spines, outward])	Function to shift the axes/spines.
save_figs(fig, name, formats[, format_kwargs])	Function to save figures in multiple file formats with user specied

Package Contents

postprocessing.matplotlib.get_available_styles()

Function to get a list of the names of the available styles.

Returns:

list

List of names of available styles.

postprocessing.matplotlib.get_style(style_name='doumont-light')

Function to get the stylesheet that can be passed to matplotlib’s style setting functions.

Parameters:

style_namestr

Name of desired style. Default is “doumont-light”.

Returns:

str

The style string that can be passed to the matplotlib style setting function.

postprocessing.matplotlib.get_colors(style_name=None, rcParams=False)

Function to get colors associated with a matplotlib style, using either the current style or a specified style.

This function does not work for built-in matplotlib styles.

Parameters:

style_namestr

Name of the desired style. Default is None, which returns the colors from the current style.

rcParamsbool

Flag to return the colors associated with rcParams. Default is False.

Returns:

dict

Dictionary of colors used in the style.

postprocessing.matplotlib.adjust_spines(ax=None, spines=['left', 'bottom'], outward=True)

Function to shift the axes/spines.

Parameters:

axMatplotlib axes

Figure axes to adjust. Default is None, which will pickup the current axes.

spineslist

List of strings defining which spines to adjust. Default is left and bottom.

outwardbool

Flag to shift spines outward. Default is False.

postprocessing.matplotlib.save_figs(fig, name, formats, format_kwargs=None, **kwargs)

Function to save figures in multiple file formats with user specied options.

Parameters:

figMatplotlib figure

The figure to save.

namestr

Output path for the figure files, e.g “path/to/file/file_name”. No file extension required.

formatsstr or list

File formats to save the figure in, e.g. “png”, “pdf”, “svg”.

format_kwargsdict

A dictionary of dictionaries, where the keys are the file formats and the values are any keyword arguments that should only be applied to that format. These kwargs will be added to ones passed to all formats, by default None

kwargs

Any keyword arguments to pass to plt.savefig() for all formats.