Hi Nico, On Tuesday 12 January 2010 12:26:01 Nico Schlömer wrote: > Well, I guess that's good enough for me. :)
Just to share my knowlegde with you: I found In [18]: matplotlib.axes.Subplot.__bases__ Out[18]: (<class matplotlib.axes.SubplotBase at 0x8a1f6bc>, <class 'matplotlib.axes.Axes'>) That is the class 'matplotlib.axes.Subplot' was inherited from SubplotBase and Axes. I think the name 'AxesSubplot' belongs to the class object 'Subplot', which is dynamically generated in the axes.py and includes the name of the 'mother': namely 'Axes' (see also function 'subplot_class_factory' at the end of matplotlib/axes.py). > It's a bit unfortunate that the type() function wouldn't spit out this > information, though. When for example iterating through the output of > get_children() (iterating through a list of objects of unknown classes > that is), would there be any other way (function, method?) to get more > info on the matplotlib object? I think type just uses the '__name__' of the class, which is in most cases really the name of the class, but I think for Subplot-instances this is a bit more involved because of the internal structure of matplotlib. In[11]: matplotlib.axes.Subplot.__name__ Out[11]: 'AxesSubplot' I would expect that the case of the Subplot-objects is somehow singular and all other mpl-objects can be classified using type and isinstance, but I'm not an mpl-expert and maybe there are more special cases. Kind regards, Matthias > On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Matthias Michler > > <matthiasmich...@gmx.net> wrote: > > Hi Nico, > > > > I'm sorry I cannot help you, but at least I'd like to share my findings > > with you: I find the following statements to be true: > > isinstance(gca(), matplotlib.axes.SubplotBase) > > isinstance(gca(), matplotlib.axes.Subplot) > > isinstance(gca(), matplotlib.axes.Axes) > > but there is no class 'AxesSubplot' in matplotlib.axes. I think this > > class is somehow dynamically generated from Axes and Subplot, but I have > > no idea how this works. > > > > Kind regards, > > Matthias > > > > On Tuesday 12 January 2010 11:40:21 Nico Schlömer wrote: > >> Hm. > >> > >> print type( gca() ) > >> print gca().__class__ > >> print isinstance( gca(), matplotlib.axes.AxesSubplots) > >> > >> yields > >> > >> <class 'matplotlib.axes.AxesSubplot'> > >> <class 'matplotlib.axes.AxesSubplot'> > >> Traceback (most recent call last): > >> File "./testfunctions.py", line 13, in <module> > >> print isinstance( a, matplotlib.axes.AxesSubplots) > >> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'AxesSubplots > >> > >> ?Nico > >> > >> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 6:45 AM, Joshua J. Kugler > >> <jos...@eeinternet.com> > > > > wrote: > >> > On Monday 11 January 2010, Nico Schlömer elucidated thus: > >> >> quick question from a Python noob: > >> >> Suppose I have an instance of an object of matplotlib, Is there any > >> >> way to check on its type, e.g., whether it is an instance of > >> >> matplotlib.axes.AxesSubplots? > >> > > >> > Python's built-in 'isintance.' > >> > > >> > isinstance(var, matplotlib.axes.AxesSubplots) > >> > > >> > j > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Joshua Kugler > >> > Part-Time System Admin/Programmer > >> > http://www.eeinternet.com > >> > PGP Key: http://pgp.mit.edu/ ID 0x14EA086E > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >----- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community > > Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A > > streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and > > easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
