[SciPy-dev] Extra marker in X-Y plot
eric at scipy.org
Fri Nov 9 10:26:37 CST 2001
> Silly me, thanks. I completely missed the following
> format in the plotting tutorial:
> plot(x1, format_string, x2, y2, x3, y3, format_string3, .)
> (But where did y1 go?)
plot searches through its arguments for "line groups". A line group
When format strings are present in line group, the interpretation of the
groups is unambigous -- the format string always comes at the end of a line
group. In cases where format strings aren't present, there are some
cases. FOr example:
could be interpreted as a single line with x1=a y1=b with b vs. a type plot
as two lines with y1=a and y2 = b with each line plotted vs. its array
plt will always choose the x1=a y1=b interpretation in these cases. I
you could say that line groups are greedy. So
will plot b vs a and c vs. its indices.
will plot a blue line for a vs. indices and c vs b using a default color.
will plot a blue line for a vs. indices and c vs b using a default color and
d vs its indices using red plus marks.
Hope that isn't too confusing. The good news is that this approach
results in the expected behavior.
> I'll claim it was because the example used the same x values
> for both curves, so when I looked at the image, I draw the
> conclusion that all descriptions in the tutorial used only
> one x-values for all curves in a plot...
> I should read better.
> Thanks again,
> Magnus Lyckå, Thinkware AB
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