This would only meaningful if you set contour levels manually. plt.figure() levels = [-1, 0, 1] fmt = {-1.:"-1", 0.:"0", 1.:"+1"} CS = plt.contour(X, Y, Z, levels) plt.clabel(CS, inline=1, fontsize=10, fmt=fmt)
Regards, -JJ On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 6:32 AM, Momme Butenschön <momm...@yahoo.de> wrote: > in the help for the countour plot labeling it says: > *fmt*: > a format string for the label. Default is '%1.3f' > Alternatively, this can be a dictionary matching contour > levels with arbitrary strings to use for each contour level > (i.e., fmt[level]=string) > can somebody enlighten me how this works? > how do I connect levels to what dictionary keyword? > > thank a lot, > Momme > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, > a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. > Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users