SF.net SVN: matplotlib: [5624] trunk/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/mlab.py

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Revision: 5624
          http://matplotlib.svn.sourceforge.net/matplotlib/?rev=5624&view=rev
Author:   dsdale
Date:     2008-06-21 06:28:57 -0700 (Sat, 21 Jun 2008)

Log Message:
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improve docstring for mlab.load to clarify for bugreport 1901536

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/mlab.py

Modified: trunk/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/mlab.py
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--- trunk/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/mlab.py	2008-06-21 13:09:07 UTC (rev 5623)
+++ trunk/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/mlab.py	2008-06-21 13:28:57 UTC (rev 5624)
@@ -1237,14 +1237,14 @@
     skiprows is the number of rows from the top to skip
 
     usecols, if not None, is a sequence of integer column indexes to
-    extract where 0 is the first column, eg usecols=(1,4,5) to extract
+    extract where 0 is the first column, eg usecols=[1,4,5] to extract
     just the 2nd, 5th and 6th columns
 
     unpack, if True, will transpose the matrix allowing you to unpack
     into named arguments on the left hand side
 
         t,y = load('test.dat', unpack=True) # for  two column data
-        x,y,z = load('somefile.dat', usecols=(3,5,7), unpack=True)
+        x,y,z = load('somefile.dat', usecols=[3,5,7], unpack=True)
 
     dtype, the array will have this dtype.  default: numpy.float_
 


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