Text boxes with bbox in Matplotlib - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to add a text box with a bounding box around the text.

Matplotlib

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

plt.text(0.5, 0.5, 'Hello', bbox=[1])
plt.show()

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A{'boxstyle': 'round', 'facecolor': 'yellow'}

Bfontsize=12

Ccolor='red'

Dalpha=0.5

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Passing color or fontsize directly to bbox instead of a dictionary.

Not using a dictionary for bbox parameter.

The bbox parameter expects a dictionary defining the box style and face color to create a bounding box around the text.

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medium

Complete the code to set the bounding box style to 'circle' for the text box.

Matplotlib

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

plt.text(0.3, 0.7, 'Circle Box', bbox=[1])
plt.show()

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A{'boxstyle': 'square', 'facecolor': 'lightblue'}

B{'boxstyle': 'round', 'facecolor': 'pink'}

C{'boxstyle': 'larrow', 'facecolor': 'orange'}

D{'boxstyle': 'circle', 'facecolor': 'lightgreen'}

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'square' or 'round' instead of 'circle' for the boxstyle.

Not passing a dictionary to bbox.

The 'circle' boxstyle creates a circular bounding box around the text with the specified face color.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to properly add a text box with a bounding box and a red edge color.

Matplotlib

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

plt.text(0.6, 0.4, 'Edge Color', bbox=[1])
plt.show()

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A{'boxstyle': 'round', 'facecolor': 'white', 'color': 'red'}

B{'boxstyle': 'round', 'facecolor': 'white', 'edgecolor': 'red'}

C{'boxstyle': 'round', 'facecolor': 'white', 'linewidth': 2}

D{'boxstyle': 'round', 'facecolor': 'white', 'bordercolor': 'red'}

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'color' or 'bordercolor' instead of 'edgecolor'.

Not passing a dictionary to bbox.

The correct key for the bounding box edge color is 'edgecolor'. Using 'color' or 'bordercolor' will not work.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a text box with a shadow effect and a dashed edge.

Matplotlib

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

plt.text(0.2, 0.8, 'Shadow Box', bbox=[1], [2])
plt.show()

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A{'boxstyle': 'round', 'facecolor': 'lightgrey', 'alpha': 0.5}

B{'boxstyle': 'round', 'facecolor': 'white', 'edgecolor': 'black'}

Cedgecolor='black', linestyle='--'

D{'boxstyle': 'round', 'facecolor': 'yellow', 'edgecolor': 'blue'}

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Putting all keys in one dictionary instead of splitting into two.

Using solid line style instead of dashed.

The first blank sets the box style and transparency for shadow effect, the second blank adds a dashed black edge.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a text box with a fancy box style, green face color, and bold font weight.

Matplotlib

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

plt.text(0.4, 0.6, 'Fancy Box', bbox=[1], fontweight=[2], color=[3])
plt.show()

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A{'boxstyle': 'fancy', 'facecolor': 'green'}

B'bold'

C'black'

D'normal'

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'normal' fontweight instead of 'bold'.

Not passing a dictionary to bbox.

Using wrong color strings.

The bbox dictionary sets the fancy style and green color, fontweight is set to 'bold', and text color is black.