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.. only:: html

    .. meta::
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        :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

        :ref:`Go to the end <sphx_glr_download_plot_types_arrays_quiver.py>`
        to download the full example code.

.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_plot_types_arrays_quiver.py:


==================
quiver(X, Y, U, V)
==================
Plot a 2D field of arrows.

See `~matplotlib.axes.Axes.quiver`.

.. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 9-30



.. image-sg:: /plot_types/arrays/images/sphx_glr_quiver_001.png
   :alt: quiver
   :srcset: /plot_types/arrays/images/sphx_glr_quiver_001.png, /plot_types/arrays/images/sphx_glr_quiver_001_2_00x.png 2.00x
   :class: sphx-glr-single-img





.. code-block:: Python

    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import numpy as np

    plt.style.use('_mpl-gallery-nogrid')

    # make data
    x = np.linspace(-4, 4, 6)
    y = np.linspace(-4, 4, 6)
    X, Y = np.meshgrid(x, y)
    U = X + Y
    V = Y - X

    # plot
    fig, ax = plt.subplots()

    ax.quiver(X, Y, U, V, color="C0", angles='xy',
              scale_units='xy', scale=5, width=.015)

    ax.set(xlim=(-5, 5), ylim=(-5, 5))

    plt.show()


.. _sphx_glr_download_plot_types_arrays_quiver.py:

.. only:: html

  .. container:: sphx-glr-footer sphx-glr-footer-example

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter

      :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: quiver.ipynb <quiver.ipynb>`

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python

      :download:`Download Python source code: quiver.py <quiver.py>`

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-zip

      :download:`Download zipped: quiver.zip <quiver.zip>`


.. only:: html

 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery <https://sphinx-gallery.github.io>`_
