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<spanclass="c1"># Fixing random state for reproducibility</span>
<ahref="https://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/reference/generated/numpy.random.seed.html#numpy.random.seed" title="View documentation for numpy.random.seed"><spanclass="n">np</span><spanclass="o">.</span><spanclass="n">random</span><spanclass="o">.</span><spanclass="n">seed</span></a><spanclass="p">(</span><spanclass="mi">19680801</span><spanclass="p">)</span>
<spanclass="n">fig</span><spanclass="o">=</span><ahref="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.figure.html#matplotlib.pyplot.figure" title="View documentation for matplotlib.pyplot.figure"><spanclass="n">plt</span><spanclass="o">.</span><spanclass="n">figure</span></a><spanclass="p">(</span><spanclass="n">figsize</span><spanclass="o">=</span><spanclass="p">(</span><spanclass="mi">8</span><spanclass="p">,</span><spanclass="mi">6</span><spanclass="p">))</span>
<spanclass="n">x</span><spanclass="p">,</span><spanclass="n">y</span><spanclass="o">=</span><spanclass="mi">4</span><spanclass="o">*</span><spanclass="p">(</span><ahref="https://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/reference/generated/numpy.random.rand.html#numpy.random.rand" title="View documentation for numpy.random.rand"><spanclass="n">np</span><spanclass="o">.</span><spanclass="n">random</span><spanclass="o">.</span><spanclass="n">rand</span></a><spanclass="p">(</span><spanclass="mi">2</span><spanclass="p">,</span><spanclass="mi">100</span><spanclass="p">)</span><spanclass="o">-</span><spanclass="o">.</span><spanclass="mi">5</span><spanclass="p">)</span>
<spanclass="c1"># set useblit = True on gtkagg for enhanced performance</span>
<spanclass="n">cursor</span><spanclass="o">=</span><ahref="../../api/widgets_api.html#matplotlib.widgets.Cursor" title="View documentation for matplotlib.widgets.Cursor"><spanclass="n">Cursor</span></a><spanclass="p">(</span><spanclass="n">ax</span><spanclass="p">,</span><spanclass="n">useblit</span><spanclass="o">=</span><spanclass="bp">True</span><spanclass="p">,</span><spanclass="n">color</span><spanclass="o">=</span><spanclass="s1">'red'</span><spanclass="p">,</span><spanclass="n">linewidth</span><spanclass="o">=</span><spanclass="mi">2</span><spanclass="p">)</span>
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