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Re: [Matplotlib-users] close a figure after show , when plotting many figures from script- using matplotlib.pyplot.figure
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From: Damon M. <dam...@gm...> - 2012-10-16 16:13:57
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On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Sterling Smith <sm...@fu...> wrote: > Hari, > > You can give a number to figure(), as in figure(1), and it will reuse figure 1. Also, you can close figure 1 with pyplot.close(1). > > -Sterling > > On Oct 16, 2012, at 8:25AM, hari jayaram wrote: > >> 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) Or you can call ax.cla() to clear the axes before plotting the next data set. Then subsequent calls to plot don't need 300+ figure objects. -- Damon McDougall http://www.damon-is-a-geek.com B2.39 Mathematics Institute University of Warwick Coventry West Midlands CV4 7AL United Kingdom |
