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<span id="matplotlib-backends-backend-svg"></span><h1><a class="reference internal" href="#module-matplotlib.backends.backend_svg" title="matplotlib.backends.backend_svg"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.backends.backend_svg</span></code></a><a class="headerlink" href="#module-matplotlib.backends.backend_svg" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>

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<code class="descclassname">matplotlib.backends.backend_svg.</code><code class="descname">new_figure_manager_given_figure</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>num</em>, <em>figure</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.backends.backend_svg.new_figure_manager_given_figure" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>

<dd><p>Create a new figure manager instance for the given figure.</p>

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<code class="descclassname">matplotlib.backends.backend_svg.</code><code class="descname">short_float_fmt</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>x</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.backends.backend_svg.short_float_fmt" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>

<dd><p>Create a short string representation of a float, which is %f

formatting with trailing zeros and the decimal point removed.</p>

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