""" ================= Annotating a plot ================= This example shows how to annotate a plot with an arrow pointing to provided coordinates. We modify the defaults of the arrow, to "shrink" it. For a complete overview of the annotation capabilities, also see the :doc:`annotation tutorial`. """ import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt fig, ax = plt.subplots() t = np.arange(0.0, 5.0, 0.01) s = np.cos(2*np.pi*t) line, = ax.plot(t, s, lw=2) ax.annotate('local max', xy=(2, 1), xytext=(3, 1.5), arrowprops=dict(facecolor='black', shrink=0.05), ) ax.set_ylim(-2, 2) plt.show() ############################################################################# # # ------------ # # References # """""""""" # # The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown # in this example: import matplotlib matplotlib.axes.Axes.annotate matplotlib.pyplot.annotate