[Matplotlib-users] Line plot ending with arrow-head

[Benjamin Trendelkamp-Schroer]

Hello,

my problem is the following:

I want to plot an arrow-head onto the end of a line plot.

So far I have been able to devise the following solution, which I find
to be unsatisfactory. Minimal working example below.


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

>>>x = np.linspace(0.5, 1.0, 50)
>>>y = x**2

>>>fig = plt.figure(0)
>>>ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
>>>ax.plot(x[:-1], y[:-1], c='k')
>>>ax.arrow(x[-2], y[-2], x[-1]-x[-2], y[-1]-y[-2], fc='k', ec='k)
>>>plt.show()

But the thickness of the tail of the arrow and the thickness of the line
are not matching and I do not know which parameters I would need to tune
in order to get a visual appealing match.

I have looked into matplotlib.patches.FancyArrowPatch, but it was not
clear to me how I can use it to add the arrowhead to the line plot.

Unfortunately, I am not too familiar with the whole matplotlib
object-structure so that it is likely that I have overlooked something
that will make this relatively straightforward to achieve.

Any suggestions would be very helpful.

Thanks,

Benjamin