Re: [Matplotlib-users] Line changes color along its length

[Ryan M. <rm...@gm...>]

On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Brian Larsen <bal...@la...> wrote:
> Hey all,
> I think I know the answer here as "no" or something,  but say I have a curve
> I want to plot and I want the color to change along the curve to denote the
> 3rd variable is there anyway to do this is matplotlib?
> What I mean is take the simple plot
> from pylab import *
> plot(range(30), range(30, 60), lw=10)
> and say that the 3rd variable is
> inten = [val ** 2 for val in range(30)]
> then can the line change color along its length according to a specified
> color table?
> In IDL this is done by just giving a color array with the same length as the
> data then the line changes with the current colortable.

Try this:

http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/pylab_examples/multicolored_line.html

Ryan

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Ryan May
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School of Meteorology
University of Oklahoma