.. _pie_and_polar_charts-pie_demo_features:

pie_and_polar_charts example code: pie_demo_features.py
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.. plot:: /home/tcaswell/source/p/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/pie_and_polar_charts/pie_demo_features.py

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    """
    ===============
    Basic pie chart
    ===============
    
    Demo of a basic pie chart plus a few additional features.
    
    In addition to the basic pie chart, this demo shows a few optional features:
    
        * slice labels
        * auto-labeling the percentage
        * offsetting a slice with "explode"
        * drop-shadow
        * custom start angle
    
    Note about the custom start angle:
    
    The default ``startangle`` is 0, which would start the "Frogs" slice on the
    positive x-axis. This example sets ``startangle = 90`` such that everything is
    rotated counter-clockwise by 90 degrees, and the frog slice starts on the
    positive y-axis.
    """
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    
    # Pie chart, where the slices will be ordered and plotted counter-clockwise:
    labels = 'Frogs', 'Hogs', 'Dogs', 'Logs'
    sizes = [15, 30, 45, 10]
    explode = (0, 0.1, 0, 0)  # only "explode" the 2nd slice (i.e. 'Hogs')
    
    fig1, ax1 = plt.subplots()
    ax1.pie(sizes, explode=explode, labels=labels, autopct='%1.1f%%',
            shadow=True, startangle=90)
    ax1.axis('equal')  # Equal aspect ratio ensures that pie is drawn as a circle.
    
    plt.show()
    

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