On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 6:35 AM, Michael Droettboom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You could use the (admittedly inscrutable) "unzip" technique: > > ax.plot_date(*zip(*items)) > > See this blog post for explanation: > > http://paddy3118.blogspot.com/2007/02/unzip-un-needed-in-python.html > > If you use Numpy arrays, of course, you could use slicing, which, IMHO, > is clearer: > > items = numpy.asarray(items) > ax.plot_date(items[:,0], items[:,1])
if items is a numpy array you can even do: >>> pylab.plot(*items.T) > > Mike > > Thomas Guettler wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I use the API of matplotlib and have a basic problem: >> >> Up to now I am used to gather my data into a list of tuples. But >> matplotlib uses serveral lists instead. >> >> Example: >> me: [(date1, count1), (date2, count2), ...] >> matplotlib: ax.plot_date(dates, counts) >> >> Finally I use something like this quite often: >> method([item[0] for item in items], [item[1] for item in items]) >> But I think thats to much looping. >> >> That's my personal problem, but I think a more pythonic >> API would be nice... >> >> Thomas >> >> > > -- > Michael Droettboom > Science Software Branch > Operations and Engineering Division > Space Telescope Science Institute > Operated by AURA for NASA > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > 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 Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
