[Matplotlib-users] direct plot fromfile?

[manouchk <man...@gm...>]

Hi,

Data file I use usually have a first line or more with comments and sometimes 
column with text. I used to use gnuplot that does skip au
which  with 
I wondering if there is an hidden possibilty to plot more or less directly 
from file.

imagine the file :
col1 col2 col3 col4 col5 col6
T3-4B 450 100 4.31 1.44 0
T3-4B 450 200 5.56 2.06 0
T3-4B 450 500 6.03 2.09 0
T3-4A 450 5000 9.71 2.16 0

that would be a function that plots column number 3 and 4 skipping first line 
and ignoring first column (that would put zeros in the array for example)
It could have a syntax like that one:
plotfromfile(file="data",using=(3,4),skippingline=1,ignorecolumn=[1])

is there a function in pylab that I missed and that already does something 
similar?