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<span id="matplotlib-lines"></span><h2><a class="reference internal" href="#module-matplotlib.lines" title="matplotlib.lines"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">matplotlib.lines</span></code></a><a class="headerlink" href="#module-matplotlib.lines" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>

<p>This module contains all the 2D line class which can draw with a

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<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.lines.Line2D.html#matplotlib.lines.Line2D" title="matplotlib.lines.Line2D"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Line2D</span></code></a>(xdata,&nbsp;ydata[,&nbsp;linewidth,&nbsp;linestyle,&nbsp;…])</td>

<td>A line - the line can have both a solid linestyle connecting all the vertices, and a marker at each vertex.</td>

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<td>Manage the callbacks to maintain a list of selected vertices for <a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.lines.Line2D.html#matplotlib.lines.Line2D" title="matplotlib.lines.Line2D"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">matplotlib.lines.Line2D</span></code></a>.</td>

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<td>Determine if any line segments are within radius of a point.</td>

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