Hello Adrian, I'm not sure I understood well, but if you want a histogram with logarithmic yscale, you may want to use something like:
import pylab pylab.subplot(111, yscale='log') pylab.histogram(some_nice_data) pylab.show() regrads Matthias On Monday 14 April 2008 22:28:49 Adrian Price-Whelan wrote: > Hello - > > I haven't been able to find any useful documentation about semilogy > and exactly how i can implement it into a Histogram. I'm simply trying > to create a histogram of a lot of data with a y-axis scaled > logarithmically. Specifically I am creating a pixel histogram of a > FITS image...for anyone who cares. Here is the code i've used to > create the histogram: > > #! /usr/bin/env python > > import Image > import pyfits > import numpy > import numarray > from pylab import * > > #Open each image > Gim = pyfits.open('Gimage.fits') > > #Create arrays of the data from each image > Garray = Gim[0].data > > onedarray = [] > > xsize,ysize = Garray.shape > > for x in xrange(xsize): > for y in xrange(ysize): > if Garray[x,y] >= -0.02: > if Garray[x,y] <= 0.6: > onedarray.append(Garray[x,y]) > > g_hist = hist(onedarray,bins=100) > axis([-0.05,0.65,1,90000]) > > xlabel('Pixel Number') > ylabel('How Many of Each Pixel') > savefig('test_histPANDA.png') > show() > > thanks!! > > -Adrian > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. > Use priority code J8TL2D2. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/java >one _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users