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<span id="matplotlib-container"></span><h1><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">matplotlib.container</span></code><a class="headerlink" href="#module-matplotlib.container" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<dl class="class">
<dt id="matplotlib.container.BarContainer">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">matplotlib.container.</code><code class="descname">BarContainer</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>patches</em>, <em>errorbar=None</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/matplotlib/container.html#BarContainer"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.container.BarContainer" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.container.Container" title="matplotlib.container.Container"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">matplotlib.container.Container</span></code></a></p>
<p>Container for the artists of bar plots (e.g. created by <a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.bar.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.bar" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.bar"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axes.bar</span></code></a>).</p>
<p>The container can be treated as a tuple of the <em>patches</em> themselves.
Additionally, you can access these and further parameters by the
attributes.</p>
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<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Attributes:</th><td class="field-body"><dl class="first last docutils">
<dt><strong>patches</strong> <span class="classifier-delimiter">:</span> <span class="classifier">list of <a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.patches.Rectangle.html#matplotlib.patches.Rectangle" title="matplotlib.patches.Rectangle"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Rectangle</span></code></a></span></dt>
<dd><p class="first last">The artists of the bars.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>errorbar</strong> <span class="classifier-delimiter">:</span> <span class="classifier">None or <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.container.ErrorbarContainer" title="matplotlib.container.ErrorbarContainer"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ErrorbarContainer</span></code></a></span></dt>
<dd><p class="first last">A container for the error bar artists if error bars are present.
<em>None</em> otherwise.</p>
</dd>
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<dl class="class">
<dt id="matplotlib.container.Container">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">matplotlib.container.</code><code class="descname">Container</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>kl</em>, <em>label=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/matplotlib/container.html#Container"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.container.Container" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#tuple" title="(in Python v3.8)"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tuple</span></code></a></p>
<p>Base class for containers.</p>
<p>Containers are classes that collect semantically related Artists such as
the bars of a bar plot.</p>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.container.Container.add_callback">
<code class="descname">add_callback</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>self</em>, <em>func</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/matplotlib/container.html#Container.add_callback"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.container.Container.add_callback" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Adds a callback function that will be called whenever one of
the <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Artist</span></code>'s properties changes.</p>
<p>Returns an <em>id</em> that is useful for removing the callback with
<a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.container.Container.remove_callback" title="matplotlib.container.Container.remove_callback"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">remove_callback()</span></code></a> later.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.container.Container.get_children">
<code class="descname">get_children</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>self</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/matplotlib/container.html#Container.get_children"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.container.Container.get_children" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.container.Container.get_label">
<code class="descname">get_label</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>self</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/matplotlib/container.html#Container.get_label"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.container.Container.get_label" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Get the label used for this artist in the legend.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.container.Container.pchanged">
<code class="descname">pchanged</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>self</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/matplotlib/container.html#Container.pchanged"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.container.Container.pchanged" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Fire an event when property changed, calling all of the
registered callbacks.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.container.Container.remove">
<code class="descname">remove</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>self</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/matplotlib/container.html#Container.remove"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.container.Container.remove" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.container.Container.remove_callback">
<code class="descname">remove_callback</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>self</em>, <em>oid</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/matplotlib/container.html#Container.remove_callback"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.container.Container.remove_callback" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Remove a callback based on its <em>id</em>.</p>
<div class="admonition seealso">
<p class="first admonition-title">See also</p>
<dl class="last docutils">
<dt><a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.container.Container.add_callback" title="matplotlib.container.Container.add_callback"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">add_callback()</span></code></a></dt>
<dd>For adding callbacks</dd>
</dl>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.container.Container.set_label">
<code class="descname">set_label</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>self</em>, <em>s</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/matplotlib/container.html#Container.set_label"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.container.Container.set_label" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Set the label to <em>s</em> for auto legend.</p>
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<dt><strong>s</strong> <span class="classifier-delimiter">:</span> <span class="classifier">object</span></dt>
<dd><p class="first last">Any object other than None gets converted to its <a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.8)"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">str</span></code></a>.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.container.Container.set_remove_method">
<code class="descname">set_remove_method</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>self</em>, <em>f</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/matplotlib/container.html#Container.set_remove_method"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.container.Container.set_remove_method" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>[<em>Deprecated</em>]</p>
<p class="rubric">Notes</p>
<div class="deprecated">
<p><span class="versionmodified">Deprecated since version 3.0: </span></p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="class">
<dt id="matplotlib.container.ErrorbarContainer">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">matplotlib.container.</code><code class="descname">ErrorbarContainer</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>lines</em>, <em>has_xerr=False</em>, <em>has_yerr=False</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/matplotlib/container.html#ErrorbarContainer"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.container.ErrorbarContainer" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.container.Container" title="matplotlib.container.Container"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">matplotlib.container.Container</span></code></a></p>
<p>Container for the artists of error bars (e.g. created by <a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.errorbar.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.errorbar" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.errorbar"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axes.errorbar</span></code></a>).</p>
<p>The container can be treated as the <em>lines</em> tuple itself.
Additionally, you can access these and further parameters by the
attributes.</p>
<table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
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<dt><strong>lines</strong> <span class="classifier-delimiter">:</span> <span class="classifier">tuple</span></dt>
<dd><p class="first">Tuple of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(data_line,</span> <span class="pre">caplines,</span> <span class="pre">barlinecols)</span></code>.</p>
<ul class="last simple">
<li>data_line : <a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.lines.Line2D.html#matplotlib.lines.Line2D" title="matplotlib.lines.Line2D"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Line2D</span></code></a> instance of
x, y plot markers and/or line.</li>
<li>caplines : tuple of <a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.lines.Line2D.html#matplotlib.lines.Line2D" title="matplotlib.lines.Line2D"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Line2D</span></code></a> instances of
the error bar caps.</li>
<li>barlinecols : list of <a class="reference internal" href="collections_api.html#matplotlib.collections.LineCollection" title="matplotlib.collections.LineCollection"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LineCollection</span></code></a>
with the horizontal and vertical error ranges.</li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt><strong>has_xerr, has_yerr</strong> <span class="classifier-delimiter">:</span> <span class="classifier">bool</span></dt>
<dd><p class="first last"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code> if the errorbar has x/y errors.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</td>
</tr>
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</dd></dl>
<dl class="class">
<dt id="matplotlib.container.StemContainer">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">matplotlib.container.</code><code class="descname">StemContainer</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>markerline_stemlines_baseline</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/matplotlib/container.html#StemContainer"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.container.StemContainer" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.container.Container" title="matplotlib.container.Container"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">matplotlib.container.Container</span></code></a></p>
<p>Container for the artists created in a <a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.stem.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.stem" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.stem"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axes.stem()</span></code></a> plot.</p>
<p>The container can be treated like a namedtuple <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(markerline,</span> <span class="pre">stemlines,</span>
<span class="pre">baseline)</span></code>.</p>
<table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
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<dt><strong>markerline</strong> <span class="classifier-delimiter">:</span> <span class="classifier"><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.lines.Line2D.html#matplotlib.lines.Line2D" title="matplotlib.lines.Line2D"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Line2D</span></code></a></span></dt>
<dd><p class="first last">The artist of the markers at the stem heads.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>stemlines</strong> <span class="classifier-delimiter">:</span> <span class="classifier">list of <a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.lines.Line2D.html#matplotlib.lines.Line2D" title="matplotlib.lines.Line2D"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Line2D</span></code></a></span></dt>
<dd><p class="first last">The artists of the vertical lines for all stems.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>baseline</strong> <span class="classifier-delimiter">:</span> <span class="classifier"><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.lines.Line2D.html#matplotlib.lines.Line2D" title="matplotlib.lines.Line2D"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Line2D</span></code></a></span></dt>
<dd><p class="first last">The artist of the horizontal baseline.</p>
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<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">stemlines</span></code> is a <code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LineCollection</span></code> of the main lines,
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