How to fill an area

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In this example, we show how to fill specified area with a given color.

import openturns as ot
from openturns import viewer
from matplotlib import pylab as plt

ot.Log.Show(ot.Log.NONE)

We generate a sample from a standard gaussian distribution.

dist = ot.Normal()
graph = dist.drawPDF()
view = viewer.View(graph)

def linearSample(xmin, xmax, npoints):
    """Returns a sample created from a regular grid
    from xmin to xmax with npoints points."""
    step = (xmax - xmin) / (npoints - 1)
    rg = ot.RegularGrid(xmin, step, npoints)
    vertices = rg.getVertices()
    return vertices

a = 1.0
b = 2.0

nplot = 100  # Number of points in the plot
x = linearSample(a, b, nplot)
y = dist.computePDF(x)

Compute the bounds to fill: the lower vertical bound is 0 and the upper vertical bound is the PDF.

vLow = [0.0] * nplot
vUp = [y[i, 0] for i in range(nplot)]

area = dist.computeCDF(b) - dist.computeCDF(a)

boundsPoly = ot.Polygon.FillBetween(x.asPoint(), vLow, vUp)
graph = dist.drawPDF()
graph.add(boundsPoly)
graph.setTitle("Area = %.3f" % (area))
graph.setLegends([""])
view = viewer.View(graph)
plt.show()

The CDF difference is equal to the area under the curve.