From 5aed3769ba0a54630f131cb3ad4aa702b19985f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Oscar Gustafsson Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2022 17:00:11 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Backport PR #24193: DOC: Explain gridsize in hexbin() --- lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py index a3acc5175b30..dad927831790 100644 --- a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py +++ b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py @@ -4681,7 +4681,31 @@ def hexbin(self, x, y, C=None, gridsize=100, bins=None, the hexagons are approximately regular. Alternatively, if a tuple (*nx*, *ny*), the number of hexagons - in the *x*-direction and the *y*-direction. + in the *x*-direction and the *y*-direction. In the + *y*-direction, counting is done along vertically aligned + hexagons, not along the zig-zag chains of hexagons; see the + following illustration. + + .. plot:: + + import numpy + import matplotlib.pyplot as plt + + np.random.seed(19680801) + n= 300 + x = np.random.standard_normal(n) + y = np.random.standard_normal(n) + + fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(4, 4)) + h = ax.hexbin(x, y, gridsize=(5, 3)) + hx, hy = h.get_offsets().T + ax.plot(hx[24::3], hy[24::3], 'ro-') + ax.plot(hx[-3:], hy[-3:], 'ro-') + ax.set_title('gridsize=(5, 3)') + ax.axis('off') + + To get approximately regular hexagons, choose + :math:`n_x = \\sqrt{3}\\,n_y`. bins : 'log' or int or sequence, default: None Discretization of the hexagon values. pFad - Phonifier reborn

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