.. _api-unicode_minus:

api example code: unicode_minus.py
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    """
    You can use the proper typesetting unicode minus (see
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plus_sign#Plus_sign) or the ASCII hypen
    for minus, which some people prefer.  The matplotlibrc param
    axes.unicode_minus controls the default behavior.
    
    The default is to use the unicode minus
    """
    import numpy as np
    import matplotlib
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    
    matplotlib.rcParams['axes.unicode_minus'] = False
    fig = plt.figure()
    ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
    ax.plot(10*np.random.randn(100), 10*np.random.randn(100), 'o')
    ax.set_title('Using hypen instead of unicode minus')
    plt.show()
    

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