Re: [Matplotlib-users] Stair plot

Alejandro Weinstein, on 2011-02-09 13:01,  wrote:
> Hi:
> 
> Any suggestion for making a stair plot in Matplotlib (like the stairs
> function in Matlab)?
> 
> The attached figure is the output of the following Matlab commands:
> 
> x = 0:10;
> stairs(x);
> 
> I guess it is a matter of using a zero-order hold interpolation rather
> than linear interpolation between the points in the plot command, but
> I haven't find how to do that.
Hi Alejandro,
no need for interpolation - just use plt.step:

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
x = np.arange(10)
plt.step(x,x)


you might also want to play with step's "where" parameter for
slightly different behavior of where the transition between the
steps occurs.

best,
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