Hi, there is only one column. so I want a plot of y and x. With y taking values running from 0 to n or 7 in my example and x as the average of the values that are contained in the rows in my example it was 5.57.
mdekauwe wrote: > > still don't quite get this, so you want for each column the average? and > you want to plot each of these averages? So a bar graph? with 8 bars? > > > > surfcast23 wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I apologize if my explanation was less than clear. What I have is data >> in a column that runs from row 1 to row 1268. In each each row there is a >> number. For example >> >> 1 >> 3 >> 5 >> 6 >> 7 >> 8 >> 9 >> >> so I want the y axis to run from 1 to 7 ( the number of rows) and the x >> axis to be the average of the values in this case 5.57. I am having >> problems with setting up the y-axis as well as the dimension problem >> you addressed. >> >> Is there a way I could have every value on the x axis the same? Say for >> the above example have the x and y axis be >> >> 7 >> 6 >> 5 >> 4 >> 3 >> 2 >> 1 >> 5.75 5.57 5.57 5.75 5.57 5.57 5.75 >> >> Which would be the number of rows vs the average value of the data in >> the rows and then plot that? >> >> Thanks again >> >> Khary >> >> >> >> mdekauwe wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Well the first bit about wanting a specific column and the last bit >>> about not wanting to print all the data in and read it back, you get >>> that from the example I gave you. If you paste what I wrote for you line >>> by line it should become clearer for you, additionally it avoids you >>> have to write your own parsing code. >>> >>> As far as your plotting goes, unless you actually post what you are >>> entering in the script (exactly as you have it), then it is impossible >>> to say. For example >>> >>> plt.plot() >>> plt.show >>> >>> there is no way that is all you have? if it is, then of course you will >>> get a fail as you are asking matplotlib to plot but are not providing it >>> with any data to plot! >>> >>> Perhaps I am being particularly dense but "What I now need to do is have >>> the information in that column plotted as the number of rows vs. the >>> mean value of all of the rows." means nothing to me. Sorry. What do you >>> want on the X and Y... do you mean you want to plot your individual >>> column (8 i think you called it) against the mean of all the other rows? >>> If so I would expect you would have a dimensions issue >>> >>> Martin >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/How-do-you-Plot-data-generated-by-a-python-script--tp32328822p32338836.html Sent from the matplotlib - users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EMC VNX: the world's simplest storage, starting under $10K The only unified storage solution that offers unified management Up to 160% more powerful than alternatives and 25% more efficient. Guaranteed. http://p.sf.net/sfu/emc-vnx-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
