[Matplotlib-users] close a figure after show , when plotting many figures from script- using matplotlib.pyplot.figure

[hari j. <ha...@gm...>]

Hi
I am a relative newbie to matplotlib.

I have a python script that handles a dataset that comprises 384 sets of
data.

At the present moment , I read in a set of data - process it - and the
create a figure using code shown below.
I am using windows with the default backend ( I think I set it to wx).

When I run the program, figure after figure shows up..the program continues
from well to well plotting the figure. I can close the figure window using
the X on the right -hand side..while the program chugs along.

Is there a way to just recycle the figure object , so that the plot shows
up for a brief second and refreshes when the next calculation is complete.
Each process_data function , takes a few minutes.

Alternatively I just want to close the figure object I show after a brief
lag.  I am OK if that happens instantaneously..but I dont know how
to achieve this.
Do I have to use the matplotlib.Figure object to achieve this functionality

Thanks
Hari





from matplotlib.pyplot import figure

def do_my_plot(well_id):
    processed_data_object = processed_dict[well_id]
    fig = figure(figsize=(7,7)
    ax = fig.add_subplot(1,1,1)
    par1 =ax.twinx()
    par2 = ax.twinx()
    # Plot all the data
    par1.plot(processed_data_object.raw_x,processed_data_object.raw_y).
    par2.plot(....
    # finally
    fig.show()
    # I tried  fig.clf()


def plot_and_process_data():
    for well_id in list_of_384_well_ids:
         process_data(well_id)
         do_my_plot(well_id)