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<h1><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">matplotlib.testing</span></code><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib-testing" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<h2><a class="reference internal" href="#module-matplotlib.testing" title="matplotlib.testing"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">matplotlib.testing</span></code></a><a class="headerlink" href="#id1" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<span class="target" id="module-matplotlib.testing"></span><p>Helper functions for testing.</p>
<dl class="function">
<dt id="matplotlib.testing.is_called_from_pytest">
<code class="descclassname">matplotlib.testing.</code><code class="descname">is_called_from_pytest</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/matplotlib/testing.html#is_called_from_pytest"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.testing.is_called_from_pytest" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>[<em>Deprecated</em>] Whether we are in a pytest run.</p>
<p class="rubric">Notes</p>
<div class="deprecated">
<p><span class="versionmodified deprecated">Deprecated since version 3.2.</span></p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
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<dt id="matplotlib.testing.set_font_settings_for_testing">
<code class="descclassname">matplotlib.testing.</code><code class="descname">set_font_settings_for_testing</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/matplotlib/testing.html#set_font_settings_for_testing"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.testing.set_font_settings_for_testing" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dt id="matplotlib.testing.set_reproducibility_for_testing">
<code class="descclassname">matplotlib.testing.</code><code class="descname">set_reproducibility_for_testing</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/matplotlib/testing.html#set_reproducibility_for_testing"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.testing.set_reproducibility_for_testing" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
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<dt id="matplotlib.testing.setup">
<code class="descclassname">matplotlib.testing.</code><code class="descname">setup</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/matplotlib/testing.html#setup"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.testing.setup" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
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<div class="section" id="module-matplotlib.testing.compare">
<span id="matplotlib-testing-compare"></span><h2><a class="reference internal" href="#module-matplotlib.testing.compare" title="matplotlib.testing.compare"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">matplotlib.testing.compare</span></code></a><a class="headerlink" href="#module-matplotlib.testing.compare" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Utilities for comparing image results.</p>
<dl class="function">
<dt id="matplotlib.testing.compare.compare_images">
<code class="descclassname">matplotlib.testing.compare.</code><code class="descname">compare_images</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>expected</em>, <em>actual</em>, <em>tol</em>, <em>in_decorator=False</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/matplotlib/testing/compare.html#compare_images"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.testing.compare.compare_images" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Compare two "image" files checking differences within a tolerance.</p>
<p>The two given filenames may point to files which are convertible to
PNG via the <code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">converter</span></code> dictionary. The underlying RMS is calculated
with the <code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">calculate_rms</span></code> function.</p>
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<dt><strong>expected</strong><span class="classifier">str</span></dt><dd><p>The filename of the expected image.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>actual</strong><span class="classifier">str</span></dt><dd><p>The filename of the actual image.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>tol</strong><span class="classifier">float</span></dt><dd><p>The tolerance (a color value difference, where 255 is the
maximal difference). The test fails if the average pixel
difference is greater than this value.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>in_decorator</strong><span class="classifier">bool</span></dt><dd><p>Determines the output format. If called from image_comparison
decorator, this should be True. (default=False)</p>
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<dt>None or dict or str</dt><dd><p>Return <em>None</em> if the images are equal within the given tolerance.</p>
<p>If the images differ, the return value depends on <em>in_decorator</em>.
If <em>in_decorator</em> is true, a dict with the following entries is
returned:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><em>rms</em>: The RMS of the image difference.</li>
<li><em>expected</em>: The filename of the expected image.</li>
<li><em>actual</em>: The filename of the actual image.</li>
<li><em>diff_image</em>: The filename of the difference image.</li>
<li><em>tol</em>: The comparison tolerance.</li>
</ul>
<p>Otherwise, a human-readable multi-line string representation of this
information is returned.</p>
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<p class="rubric">Examples</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">img1</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">"./baseline/plot.png"</span>
<span class="n">img2</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">"./output/plot.png"</span>
<span class="n">compare_images</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">img1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">img2</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">0.001</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</dd></dl>
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<dt id="matplotlib.testing.compare.comparable_formats">
<code class="descclassname">matplotlib.testing.compare.</code><code class="descname">comparable_formats</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/matplotlib/testing/compare.html#comparable_formats"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.testing.compare.comparable_formats" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return the list of file formats that <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.testing.compare.compare_images" title="matplotlib.testing.compare.compare_images"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">compare_images</span></code></a> can compare
on this system.</p>
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<dt>list of str</dt><dd><p>E.g. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">['png',</span> <span class="pre">'pdf',</span> <span class="pre">'svg',</span> <span class="pre">'eps']</span></code>.</p>
</dd>
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<div class="section" id="module-matplotlib.testing.decorators">
<span id="matplotlib-testing-decorators"></span><h2><a class="reference internal" href="#module-matplotlib.testing.decorators" title="matplotlib.testing.decorators"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">matplotlib.testing.decorators</span></code></a><a class="headerlink" href="#module-matplotlib.testing.decorators" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
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<dt id="matplotlib.testing.decorators.CleanupTestCase">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">matplotlib.testing.decorators.</code><code class="descname">CleanupTestCase</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>methodName='runTest'</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/matplotlib/testing/decorators.html#CleanupTestCase"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.testing.decorators.CleanupTestCase" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">unittest.case.TestCase</span></code></p>
<p>A wrapper for unittest.TestCase that includes cleanup operations.</p>
<p>Create an instance of the class that will use the named test
method when executed. Raises a ValueError if the instance does
not have a method with the specified name.</p>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.testing.decorators.CleanupTestCase.setUpClass">
<em class="property">classmethod </em><code class="descname">setUpClass</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/matplotlib/testing/decorators.html#CleanupTestCase.setUpClass"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.testing.decorators.CleanupTestCase.setUpClass" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Hook method for setting up class fixture before running tests in the class.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.testing.decorators.CleanupTestCase.tearDownClass">
<em class="property">classmethod </em><code class="descname">tearDownClass</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/matplotlib/testing/decorators.html#CleanupTestCase.tearDownClass"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.testing.decorators.CleanupTestCase.tearDownClass" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Hook method for deconstructing the class fixture after running all tests in the class.</p>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="function">
<dt id="matplotlib.testing.decorators.check_figures_equal">
<code class="descclassname">matplotlib.testing.decorators.</code><code class="descname">check_figures_equal</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>*</em>, <em>extensions=('png'</em>, <em>'pdf'</em>, <em>'svg')</em>, <em>tol=0</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/matplotlib/testing/decorators.html#check_figures_equal"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.testing.decorators.check_figures_equal" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Decorator for test cases that generate and compare two figures.</p>
<p>The decorated function must take two keyword arguments, <em>fig_test</em>
and <em>fig_ref</em>, and draw the test and reference images on them.
After the function returns, the figures are saved and compared.</p>
<p>This decorator should be preferred over <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.testing.decorators.image_comparison" title="matplotlib.testing.decorators.image_comparison"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">image_comparison</span></code></a> when possible in
order to keep the size of the test suite from ballooning.</p>
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<dt><strong>extensions</strong><span class="classifier">list, default: ["png", "pdf", "svg"]</span></dt><dd><p>The extensions to test.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>tol</strong><span class="classifier">float</span></dt><dd><p>The RMS threshold above which the test is considered failed.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
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<p class="rubric">Examples</p>
<p>Check that calling <a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.plot.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.plot" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.plot"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axes.plot</span></code></a> with a single argument plots it against
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">[0,</span> <span class="pre">1,</span> <span class="pre">2,</span> <span class="pre">...]</span></code>:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nd">@check_figures_equal</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">test_plot</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">fig_test</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">fig_ref</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="n">fig_test</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">subplots</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">plot</span><span class="p">([</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">5</span><span class="p">])</span>
<span class="n">fig_ref</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">subplots</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">plot</span><span class="p">([</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">],</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">5</span><span class="p">])</span>
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</dd></dl>
<dl class="function">
<dt id="matplotlib.testing.decorators.check_freetype_version">
<code class="descclassname">matplotlib.testing.decorators.</code><code class="descname">check_freetype_version</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>ver</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/matplotlib/testing/decorators.html#check_freetype_version"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.testing.decorators.check_freetype_version" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="function">
<dt id="matplotlib.testing.decorators.cleanup">
<code class="descclassname">matplotlib.testing.decorators.</code><code class="descname">cleanup</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>style=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/matplotlib/testing/decorators.html#cleanup"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.testing.decorators.cleanup" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>A decorator to ensure that any global state is reset before
running a test.</p>
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<dt><strong>style</strong><span class="classifier">str, dict, or list, optional</span></dt><dd><p>The style(s) to apply. Defaults to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">["classic",</span>
<span class="pre">"_classic_test_patch"]</span></code>.</p>
</dd>
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<dt id="matplotlib.testing.decorators.image_comparison">
<code class="descclassname">matplotlib.testing.decorators.</code><code class="descname">image_comparison</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>baseline_images</em>, <em>extensions=None</em>, <em>tol=0</em>, <em>freetype_version=None</em>, <em>remove_text=False</em>, <em>savefig_kwarg=None</em>, <em>style=('classic'</em>, <em>'_classic_test_patch')</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/matplotlib/testing/decorators.html#image_comparison"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.testing.decorators.image_comparison" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Compare images generated by the test with those specified in
<em>baseline_images</em>, which must correspond, else an <code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ImageComparisonFailure</span></code>
exception will be raised.</p>
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<dt><strong>baseline_images</strong><span class="classifier">list or None</span></dt><dd><p>A list of strings specifying the names of the images generated by
calls to <a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.figure.Figure.html#matplotlib.figure.Figure.savefig" title="matplotlib.figure.Figure.savefig"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Figure.savefig</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>If <em>None</em>, the test function must use the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">baseline_images</span></code> fixture,
either as a parameter or with <a class="reference external" href="https://pytest.org/en/stable/reference.html#pytest.mark.usefixtures" title="(in pytest v5.4.3)"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pytest.mark.usefixtures</span></code></a>. This value is
only allowed when using pytest.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>extensions</strong><span class="classifier">None or list of str</span></dt><dd><p>The list of extensions to test, e.g. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">['png',</span> <span class="pre">'pdf']</span></code>.</p>
<p>If <em>None</em>, defaults to all supported extensions: png, pdf, and svg.</p>
<p>When testing a single extension, it can be directly included in the
names passed to <em>baseline_images</em>. In that case, <em>extensions</em> must not
be set.</p>
<p>In order to keep the size of the test suite from ballooning, we only
include the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">svg</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pdf</span></code> outputs if the test is explicitly
exercising a feature dependent on that backend (see also the
<a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.testing.decorators.check_figures_equal" title="matplotlib.testing.decorators.check_figures_equal"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">check_figures_equal</span></code></a> decorator for that purpose).</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>tol</strong><span class="classifier">float, default: 0</span></dt><dd><p>The RMS threshold above which the test is considered failed.</p>
<p>Due to expected small differences in floating-point calculations, on
32-bit systems an additional 0.06 is added to this threshold.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>freetype_version</strong><span class="classifier">str or tuple</span></dt><dd><p>The expected freetype version or range of versions for this test to
pass.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>remove_text</strong><span class="classifier">bool</span></dt><dd><p>Remove the title and tick text from the figure before comparison. This
is useful to make the baseline images independent of variations in text
rendering between different versions of FreeType.</p>
<p>This does not remove other, more deliberate, text, such as legends and
annotations.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>savefig_kwarg</strong><span class="classifier">dict</span></dt><dd><p>Optional arguments that are passed to the savefig method.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>style</strong><span class="classifier">str, dict, or list</span></dt><dd><p>The optional style(s) to apply to the image test. The test itself
can also apply additional styles if desired. Defaults to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">["classic",</span>
<span class="pre">"_classic_test_patch"]</span></code>.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
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</dd></dl>
<dl class="function">
<dt id="matplotlib.testing.decorators.remove_ticks_and_titles">
<code class="descclassname">matplotlib.testing.decorators.</code><code class="descname">remove_ticks_and_titles</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>figure</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/matplotlib/testing/decorators.html#remove_ticks_and_titles"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.testing.decorators.remove_ticks_and_titles" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
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<span id="matplotlib-testing-exceptions"></span><h2><a class="reference internal" href="#module-matplotlib.testing.exceptions" title="matplotlib.testing.exceptions"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">matplotlib.testing.exceptions</span></code></a><a class="headerlink" href="#module-matplotlib.testing.exceptions" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<dl class="exception">
<dt id="matplotlib.testing.exceptions.ImageComparisonFailure">
<em class="property">exception </em><code class="descclassname">matplotlib.testing.exceptions.</code><code class="descname">ImageComparisonFailure</code><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/matplotlib/testing/exceptions.html#ImageComparisonFailure"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.testing.exceptions.ImageComparisonFailure" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/exceptions.html#AssertionError" title="(in Python v3.8)"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AssertionError</span></code></a></p>
<p>Raise this exception to mark a test as a comparison between two images.</p>
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