.. _pylab_examples-ellipse_demo:

pylab_examples example code: ellipse_demo.py
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    from pylab import figure, show, rand
    from matplotlib.patches import Ellipse
    
    NUM = 250
    
    ells = [Ellipse(xy=rand(2)*10, width=rand(), height=rand(), angle=rand()*360)
            for i in xrange(NUM)]
    
    fig = figure()
    ax = fig.add_subplot(111, aspect='equal')
    for e in ells:
        ax.add_artist(e)
        e.set_clip_box(ax.bbox)
        e.set_alpha(rand())
        e.set_facecolor(rand(3))
    
    ax.set_xlim(0, 10)
    ax.set_ylim(0, 10)
    
    show()
    

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