Revision: 6583
http://matplotlib.svn.sourceforge.net/matplotlib/?rev=6583&view=rev
Author: mmetz_bn
Date: 2008-12-12 13:03:04 +0000 (Fri, 12 Dec 2008)
Log Message:
-----------
labels for multiple data histograms
Modified Paths:
--------------
trunk/matplotlib/CHANGELOG
trunk/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/axes.py
Modified: trunk/matplotlib/CHANGELOG
===================================================================
--- trunk/matplotlib/CHANGELOG 2008-12-12 12:58:46 UTC (rev 6582)
+++ trunk/matplotlib/CHANGELOG 2008-12-12 13:03:04 UTC (rev 6583)
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2008-12-12 Added support to asign labels to histograms of multiple
+ data. - MM
+
=================================================================
2008-12-11 Released 0.98.5 at svn r6573
Modified: trunk/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/axes.py
===================================================================
--- trunk/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/axes.py 2008-12-12 12:58:46 UTC (rev
6582)
+++ trunk/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/axes.py 2008-12-12 13:03:04 UTC (rev
6583)
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
iterable = cbook.iterable
is_string_like = cbook.is_string_like
+is_sequence_of_strings = cbook.is_sequence_of_strings
def _process_plot_format(fmt):
@@ -6531,6 +6532,10 @@
ax.hist(12+3*np.random.randn(1000), label='women', alpha=0.5)
ax.legend()
+ label can also be a sequence of strings. If multiple data is
+ provided in *x*, the labels are asigned sequentially to the
+ histograms.
+
**Example:**
.. plot:: mpl_examples/pylab_examples/histogram_demo.py
@@ -6711,11 +6716,18 @@
label = kwargs.pop('label', '')
- for patch in patches:
+ if is_string_like(label):
+ labels = [label] + ['_nolegend_']*(len(patches)-1)
+ elif is_sequence_of_strings:
+ labels = list(label) + ['_nolegend_']*(len(patches)-1)
+ else:
+ raise ValueError, 'invalid label: must be string or sequence of
strings'
+
+ for (patch, lbl) in zip(patches, labels):
for p in patch:
p.update(kwargs)
- p.set_label(label)
- label = '_nolegend_'
+ p.set_label(lbl)
+ lbl = '_nolegend_'
if binsgiven:
self.set_autoscale_on(False)
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