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Pie Chart Demo.py
# coding: utf-8
'''
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"
* 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
# The slices will be ordered and plotted counter-clockwise.
labels = 'Frogs', 'Hogs', 'Dogs', 'Logs'
sizes = [15, 30, 45, 10]
colors = ['yellowgreen', 'gold', 'lightskyblue', 'lightcoral']
explode = (0, 0.1, 0, 0) # only "explode" the 2nd slice (i.e. 'Hogs')
plt.pie(sizes, explode=explode, labels=labels, colors=colors, autopct='%1.1f%%', shadow=False, startangle=90)
# Set aspect ratio to be equal so that pie is drawn as a circle.
plt.axis('equal')
plt.show()
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