pylab_examples example code: scatter_masked.py

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#!/usr/bin/env python
from pylab import *

N = 100
r0 = 0.6
x = 0.9*rand(N)
y = 0.9*rand(N)
area = pi*(10 * rand(N))**2  # 0 to 10 point radiuses
c = sqrt(area)
r = sqrt(x*x + y*y)
area1 = ma.masked_where(r < r0, area)
area2 = ma.masked_where(r >= r0, area)
scatter(x, y, s=area1, marker='^', c=c, hold='on')
scatter(x, y, s=area2, marker='o', c=c)
# Show the boundary between the regions:
theta = arange(0, pi/2, 0.01)
plot(r0*cos(theta), r0*sin(theta))

show()

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