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Unicode minusΒΆ

You can use the proper typesetting Unicode minus or the ASCII hyphen for minus, which some people prefer. rcParams["axes.unicode_minus"] = True controls the default behavior.

The default is to use the Unicode minus.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/build/matplotlib-tq5J6U/matplotlib-3.1.2/examples/text_labels_and_annotations/unicode_minus.py", line 1
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    ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
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Unicode minus
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You can use the proper typesetting `Unicode minus`__ or the ASCII hyphen for
minus, which some people prefer.  :rc:`axes.unicode_minus` controls the default
behavior.

__ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plus_and_minus_signs#Character_codes

The default is to use the Unicode minus.
"""

import numpy as np
import matplotlib
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

# Fixing random state for reproducibility
np.random.seed(19680801)


matplotlib.rcParams['axes.unicode_minus'] = False
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
ax.plot(10*np.random.randn(100), 10*np.random.randn(100), 'o')
ax.set_title('Using hyphen instead of Unicode minus')
plt.show()

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