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Bezier Curve

This example showcases the PathPatch object to create a Bezier polycurve path patch.

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Bezier Curve
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This example showcases the `~.patches.PathPatch` object to create a Bezier
polycurve path patch.
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import matplotlib.path as mpath
import matplotlib.patches as mpatches
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

Path = mpath.Path

fig, ax = plt.subplots()
pp1 = mpatches.PathPatch(
    Path([(0, 0), (1, 0), (1, 1), (0, 0)],
         [Path.MOVETO, Path.CURVE3, Path.CURVE3, Path.CLOSEPOLY]),
    fc="none", transform=ax.transData)

ax.add_patch(pp1)
ax.plot([0.75], [0.25], "ro")
ax.set_title('The red point should be on the path')

plt.show()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/build/matplotlib-mO9dyQ/matplotlib-3.1.2/examples/shapes_and_collections/quad_bezier.py", line 1
    ============
    ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

References

The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown in this example:

import matplotlib
matplotlib.path
matplotlib.path.Path
matplotlib.patches
matplotlib.patches.PathPatch
matplotlib.axes.Axes.add_patch

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