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.. TO MAKE CHANGES, EDIT THE SOURCE PYTHON FILE:
.. "examples/step.py"
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.. only:: html

    .. note::
        :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

        :ref:`Go to the end <sphx_glr_download_examples_step.py>`
        to download the full example code

.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_examples_step.py:


Step plots
==========

A selection on a step plot holds precise information on the x and y position
in the ``sel.index`` attribute.

.. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 8-29



.. image-sg:: /examples/images/sphx_glr_step_001.png
   :alt: step
   :srcset: /examples/images/sphx_glr_step_001.png
   :class: sphx-glr-single-img





.. code-block:: Python


    from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
    import mplcursors
    import numpy as np


    fig, axs = plt.subplots(4, sharex=True, sharey=True)
    np.random.seed(42)
    xs = np.arange(5)
    ys = np.random.rand(5)

    axs[0].plot(xs, ys, "-o")
    axs[1].plot(xs, ys, "-o", drawstyle="steps-pre")
    axs[2].plot(xs, ys, "-o", drawstyle="steps-mid")
    axs[3].plot(xs, ys, "-o", drawstyle="steps-post")
    for ax in axs:
        ax.label_outer()

    mplcursors.cursor().connect(
        "add", lambda sel: sel.annotation.set_text(format(sel.index, ".2f")))
    plt.show()


.. _sphx_glr_download_examples_step.py:

.. only:: html

  .. container:: sphx-glr-footer sphx-glr-footer-example

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter

      :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: step.ipynb <step.ipynb>`

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python

      :download:`Download Python source code: step.py <step.py>`


.. only:: html

 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

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