Function colorbar

site-packages/matplotlib/pyplot.py:2089–2101

(mappable=None, cax=None, ax=None, **kw)

def colorbar(mappable=None, cax=None, ax=None, **kw):
    if mappable is None:
        mappable = gci()
        if mappable is None:
            raise RuntimeError('No mappable was found to use for colorbar '
                               'creation. First define a mappable such as '
                               'an image (with imshow) or a contour set ('
                               'with contourf).')
    if ax is None:
        ax = gca()

    ret = gcf().colorbar(mappable, cax = cax, ax=ax, **kw)
    return ret
colorbar.__doc__ = matplotlib.colorbar.colorbar_doc