>>> """
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Demonstrates plotting contour (level) curves in 3D
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This is like a contour plot in 2D except that the ``f(x, y)=c`` curve is
plotted on the plane ``z=c``.
"""
... 
... from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import axes3d
... import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
... from matplotlib import cm
... 
... ax = plt.figure().add_subplot(projection='3d')
... X, Y, Z = axes3d.get_test_data(0.05)
... 
... ax.contour(X, Y, Z, cmap=cm.coolwarm)  # Plot contour curves
... 
... plt.show()
...