sam tygier wrote: > > That is one method that i have used, but i don't think it is ideal. My data > can be a wide range of things, > sometimes the coordinates of a bunch of many particles, sometimes the track > of one. If I save just an array > of numbers it can get a bit confusing. So it would be useful to be able to save everything needed to make the plot. >
You could use a file format made for scientific data storage, such as netCDF or HDF5. To use netCDF files from Python you can use either ScientificPython ( http://dirac.cnrs-orleans.fr/plone/software/scientificpython/ ) or Pupynere http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pupynere/ ScientificPython is bigger and more general, Pupynere is lightweight but you can run into some bugs. For HDF5 you can use PyTables (http://www.pytables.org/). These file types can store not only the data itself, but also it's type, name, units, and any other property you might like, for an arbitrary number of data sets. For some fields there are naming conventions conventions to guide you (ex: http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/documents/cf-conventions/1.0/cf-conventions.html ). João Silva ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
