Pie chart vignette

Demo pie chart with matplotlib and style the figure.

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

n = 20
X = np.ones(n)
X[-1] *= 2
plt.pie(X, explode=X*.05, colors = ['%f' % (i/float(n)) for i in range(n)])

fig = plt.gcf()
w, h = fig.get_figwidth(), fig.get_figheight()
r = h / float(w)

plt.xlim(-1.5, 1.5)
plt.ylim(-1.5 * r, 1.5 * r)
plt.xticks([])
plt.yticks([])


# Add a title and a box around it
from matplotlib.patches import FancyBboxPatch
ax = plt.gca()
ax.add_patch(FancyBboxPatch((-0.05, .87),
                            width=.66, height=.165, clip_on=False,
                            boxstyle="square,pad=0", zorder=3,
                            facecolor='white', alpha=1.0,
                            transform=plt.gca().transAxes))

plt.text(-0.05, 1.02, " Pie Chart:           plt.pie(...)\n",
        horizontalalignment='left',
        verticalalignment='top',
        size='xx-large',
        transform=plt.gca().transAxes)

plt.text(-0.05, 1.01, "\n\n   Make a pie chart of an array ",
        horizontalalignment='left',
        verticalalignment='top',
        size='large',
        transform=plt.gca().transAxes)

plt.show()

Total running time of the script: ( 0 minutes 0.023 seconds)