matplotlib.pyplot.figure

matplotlib.pyplot.figure(num=None, figsize=None, dpi=None, facecolor=None, edgecolor=None, frameon=True, FigureClass=<class 'matplotlib.figure.Figure'>, clear=False, **kwargs) [source]

Create a new figure.

Parameters:

num : integer or string, optional, default: None If not provided, a new figure will be created, and the figure number will be incremented. The figure objects holds this number in a number attribute. If num is provided, and a figure with this id already exists, make it active, and returns a reference to it. If this figure does not exists, create it and returns it. If num is a string, the window title will be set to this figure's num. figsize : (float, float), optional, default: None width, height in inches. If not provided, defaults to rcParams["figure.figsize"] = [6.4, 4.8]. dpi : integer, optional, default: None resolution of the figure. If not provided, defaults to rcParams["figure.dpi"] = 100. facecolor : color spec the background color. If not provided, defaults to rcParams["figure.facecolor"] = 'w'. edgecolor : color spec the border color. If not provided, defaults to rcParams["figure.edgecolor"] = 'w'. frameon : bool, optional, default: True If False, suppress drawing the figure frame. FigureClass : subclass of Figure Optionally use a custom Figure instance. clear : bool, optional, default: False If True and the figure already exists, then it is cleared.

Returns:

figure : Figure The Figure instance returned will also be passed to new_figure_manager in the backends, which allows to hook custom Figure classes into the pyplot interface. Additional kwargs will be passed to the Figure init function.

Notes

If you are creating many figures, make sure you explicitly call pyplot.close() on the figures you are not using, because this will enable pyplot to properly clean up the memory.

rcParams defines the default values, which can be modified in the matplotlibrc file.

Examples using matplotlib.pyplot.figure