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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by > > Make an app they can't live without > Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge > http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > -- Michael Droettboom Science Software Branch Space Telescope Science Institute Baltimore, Maryland, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Make an app they can't live without Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users