Is there a list of line styles in matplotlib?

python matplotlib linestyle
Yotam picture Yotam · Nov 13, 2012 · Viewed 114.5k times · Source

I'm writing a script that will do some plotting. I want it to plot several data series, each with its unique line style (not color). I can easily iterate through a list, but is there such a list already available in python?

Answer

Cédric Julien picture Cédric Julien · Nov 13, 2012

According to the doc you could find them by doing this : 

from matplotlib import lines
lines.lineStyles.keys()
>>> ['', ' ', 'None', '--', '-.', '-', ':']

You can do the same with markers

EDIT: In the latest versions, there are still the same styles, but you can vary the space between dots/lines.

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