The following works for me. from pylab import *
plot([1,2,3], linestyle='dashed', label='foo') legend() show() Can you be more specific about how you create the error? Mike Carlos Grohmann wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm wirking on a wxpython app, and I realized that the legend of a > matplotlib plot only works with solid lines. If I change the > linestyles to dashed, dotted or dashdot, it gives an error: > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/home/guano/Arbeit/Stout/StereoPanel.py", line 551, in PlotChecked > self.stereoCanvas.draw() > File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/backends/backend_wxagg.py", > line 59, in draw > FigureCanvasAgg.draw(self) > File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/backends/backend_agg.py", > line 314, in draw > self.figure.draw(self.renderer) > File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/artist.py", line 46, > in draw_wrapper > draw(artist, renderer, *kl) > File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/figure.py", line 774, in draw > for a in self.axes: a.draw(renderer) > File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/artist.py", line 46, > in draw_wrapper > draw(artist, renderer, *kl) > File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/axes.py", line 1721, in draw > a.draw(renderer) > File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/artist.py", line 46, > in draw_wrapper > draw(artist, renderer, *kl) > File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/legend.py", line 386, in draw > self._legend_box.draw(renderer) > File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/offsetbox.py", line 224, in > draw > c.draw(renderer) > File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/offsetbox.py", line 224, in > draw > c.draw(renderer) > File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/offsetbox.py", line 224, in > draw > c.draw(renderer) > File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/offsetbox.py", line 224, in > draw > c.draw(renderer) > File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/offsetbox.py", line 488, in > draw > c.draw(renderer) > File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/artist.py", line 46, > in draw_wrapper > draw(artist, renderer, *kl) > File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/lines.py", line 535, in draw > drawFunc(renderer, gc, tpath, affine.frozen()) > File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/lines.py", line 874, > in _draw_lines > self._lineFunc(renderer, gc, path, trans) > File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/lines.py", line 925, > in _draw_dashed > renderer.draw_path(gc, path, trans) > File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/backends/backend_agg.py", > line 98, in draw_path > self._renderer.draw_path(gc, path, transform, rgbFace) > TypeError: float() argument must be a string or a number > > > > This happens for Line2D and for LineCollection as well. > > TIA > > Carlos > > -- Michael Droettboom Science Software Branch Operations and Engineering Division Space Telescope Science Institute Operated by AURA for NASA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
