Matplotlib.pyplot.gci() in Python

Last Updated : 10 May, 2020

Matplotlib is a library in Python and it is numerical – mathematical extension for NumPy library. Pyplot is a state-based interface to a Matplotlib module which provides a MATLAB-like interface. There are various plots which can be used in Pyplot are Line Plot, Contour, Histogram, Scatter, 3D Plot, etc.

matplotlib.pyplot.gci() method

The gci() method in pyplot module of matplotlib library is used to get the current colorable artist.

Syntax: matplotlib.pyplot.gci()
Parameters: This method does not accept any parameters.
Returns: This method returns the current colorable artist.

Below examples illustrate the matplotlib.pyplot.gci() function in matplotlib.pyplot:

Example 1:

# Implementation of matplotlib function  
importmatplotlib.pyplot as plt  
importnumpy as np  
importmatplotlib.gridspec as gridspec  
frommpl_toolkits.axes_grid1 importmake_axes_locatable  
    
    
plt.close('all')  
arr =np.arange(100).reshape((10, 10))  
fig =plt.figure(figsize =(4, 4))  
im =plt.imshow(arr,   
                interpolation ="none",  
                cmap ="plasma")  
    
divider =make_axes_locatable(plt.gca())  
cax =divider.append_axes("left",   
                          "15 %",  
                          pad ="30 %")  
    
plt.colorbar(im, cax =cax)  
  
print("The current colorable artist is :") 
print(plt.gci()) 
  
fig.suptitle('matplotlib.pyplot.gci() function \ 
Example\n\n', fontweight ="bold")  
  
plt.show()  

Output:

 The current colorable artist is : AxesImage(50, 44;310x308)

Example 2:

# Implementation of matplotlib function 
importmatplotlib.pyplot as plt 
fromscipy importsin, cos 
  
  
fig, ax =plt.subplots(2, 1) 
x =[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
  
y1 =sin(x) 
y2 =cos(x) 
  
plt.sca(ax[0]) 
plt.plot(x, y1) 
  
plt.sca(ax[1]) 
plt.plot(x, y2) 
  
print("The current colorable artist is :") 
print(plt.gci()) 
  
fig.suptitle('matplotlib.pyplot.gci() function \ 
Example\n\n', fontweight ="bold")  
  
plt.show()  