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Setting Marker Edge Color In Plotting
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Hello all

I was hoping someone could help me fill in my gaps in my understanding regarding Python Plotting via matplotlib and the Python documentation.

I am plotting some x&y data and customizing the plot using the key word arguments, the code i am using is:-

pyplot.plot(x,y, label = "Test",linestyle="-", marker="o",color="red", linewidth=1.5)
I wanted to change the edge color of the marker so i went to the matplotlib documentation (https://matplotlib.org/api/_as_gen/matpl...set_marker) and found the following function:-

set_markeredgecolor(self, ec)
I am trying to understand how I would incorporate this code, i have tried several different options:-

pyplot.set_markeredgecolor("blue")
pyplot.plot(x,y, label = "Test",linestyle="-", marker="o",color="red", linewidth=1.5)
#THIS GIVE ME AN ERROR
pyplot.plot(x,y, label = "Test",linestyle="-", marker="o",color="red", linewidth=1.5, set_markeredgecolor("blue"))
#THIS GIVE ME AN ERROR
pyplot.plot(x,y, label = "Test",linestyle="-", marker="o",color="red", linewidth=1.5, set_markeredgecolor="blue")
#THIS GIVE ME AN ERROR
It is only when I remove the letters "set_" & brackets from the name of the function that it works i.e.:-

set_markeredgecolor("blue") to markeredgecolor = "blue" 
So the code that I use to change the marker edge color is:-

pyplot.plot(x,y, label = "Test",linestyle="-", marker="o",color="red", linewidth=1.5, markeredgecolor = "blue")
My question is why does this work because the source code for this function (shown below) states that the name of the function is set_markeredgecolor NOT markeredgecolor - i thought that in order to call a function you have to call it by the name it was defined as?

    def set_markeredgecolor(self, ec):
        """
        Set the marker edge color.

        Parameters
        ----------
        ec : color
        """
        if ec is None:
            ec = 'auto'
        if (self._markeredgecolor is None
                or np.any(self._markeredgecolor != ec)):
            self.stale = True
        self._markeredgecolor = ec
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