It looks like you're running an earlier version of matplotlib from 
before the "get_sample_data" function existed.

What does:

 >>> import matplotlib
 >>> matplotlib.__version__

give you?

Mike

On 08/19/2010 04:34 AM, Virgil Stokes wrote:
>    In the on-line Matplotlib documentation there is an example:
>
> scatter_demo2.py
>
> which shows a very nice scatter plot --- one that I would like to be able to
> reproduce. However, I have been unsuccessful in getting it to execute on my 
> system.
>
> I get the following error:
>
> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'get_sample_data'
> File "D:\Python Code Testing\MatPlotLib_Example_02.py", line 14, in<module>
>     datafile = cbook.get_sample_data('goog.npy')
>
> Has anyone succeeded in getting this interesting example to run on their 
> system?
> If yes, I would appreciate information on how they accomplished this.
>
> --V. Stokes
>
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Michael Droettboom
Science Software Branch
Space Telescope Science Institute
Baltimore, Maryland, USA


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