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<span id="api-agg-oo"></span><h1>api example code: agg_oo.py<a class="headerlink" href="#api-example-code-agg-oo-py" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>

<p>[<a class="reference external" href="agg_oo.py">source code</a>]</p>

<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="c">#!/usr/bin/env python</span>

<span class="c"># -*- noplot -*-</span>

<span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;</span>

<span class="sd">A pure OO (look Ma, no pylab!) example using the agg backend</span>

<span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;</span>

<span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">matplotlib.backends.backend_agg</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">FigureCanvasAgg</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="n">FigureCanvas</span>

<span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">matplotlib.figure</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">Figure</span>

<span class="n">fig</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Figure</span><span class="p">()</span>

<span class="n">canvas</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">FigureCanvas</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">fig</span><span class="p">)</span>

<span class="n">ax</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">fig</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">add_subplot</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">111</span><span class="p">)</span>

<span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">plot</span><span class="p">([</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">])</span>

<span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">set_title</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;hi mom&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>

<span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">grid</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">True</span><span class="p">)</span>

<span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">set_xlabel</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;time&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>

<span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">set_ylabel</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;volts&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>

<span class="n">canvas</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">print_figure</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;test&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>

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