On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 08:21:50AM -0500, Benjamin Root wrote: > On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 6:25 AM, todd rme <toddrme2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 5:23 PM, John Hunter <jdh2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 10:09 AM, Damon McDougall > > > <damon.mcdoug...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > > >> Well, as Ben said, that error fill plot is neato! It doesn't look too > > >> complicated, either. I'd be more than happy to port it over later today > > >> when I get bored of typing up my thesis. It'll probably only take me > > >> about 30 minutes. > > >> > > >> If nobody is opposed to this idea, I'll go ahead and submit a PR this > > >> evening (British Summer (hah!) Time). > > > > > > > > > > > > While it is a nice graph, I am not sure that the use case is common > > enough > > > to justify a new plotting method. One can get the same result with: > > > > > > > > > In [68]: x = np.linspace(0, 2 * np.pi) > > > > > > In [69]: y_sin = np.sin(x) > > > > > > In [70]: err = np.concatenate([y_sin + 0.2, y_sin[::-1] - 0.2]) > > > > > > In [71]: plot(x, y_sin) > > > Out[71]: [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x96959ec>] > > > > > > In [72]: fill_between(np.concatenate([x, x[::-1]]), err, > > facecolor='red', > > > alpha=0.5) > > > Out[72]: <matplotlib.collections.PolyCollection object at 0x962758c> > > > > > > Admittedly the [::-1] thing is a bit counter-intuitive, but rather than > > > adding a new plotting method, perhaps we would be better off with a > > helper > > > method to create the xs and ys for fill_between > > > > > > xs, ys = mlab.pad_line(x, y, 0.2) > > > fill_between(xs, ys) > > > > > > JDH > > > > What about adding a property to the existing errorbar to let someone > > change it to the filled version? This could also, potentially, be > > extended with other types of error bars if the need arises. > > > > -Todd > > > > Intriguing idea. I am actually quite comfortable with that. >
I like this idea, too. > Ben Root -- Damon McDougall http://damon-is-a-geek.com B2.39 Mathematics Institute University of Warwick Coventry West Midlands CV4 7AL United Kingdom ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
