Re: [Matplotlib-users] Fwd: plotting two lists

[Jan R. G. <jr...@gm...>]

thanks to you all, that's a really big help!!! 


On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 09:38:26 -0500, Darren Dale <dd...@co...> wrote:
> On Thursday 31 March 2005 04:34 am, Jan Rienyer Gadil wrote:
> > ok, so i've done plotting two list on boa/wxpython
> > now, i want to add labels and everything else to my graph...
> > adding labels i've done this:
> >
> >       self.figure = Figure()
> >       self.axes = self.figure.add_subplot(111)
> >
> >       self.axes.plot(parent.listX,parent.listY, 'bo')
> >
> >       self.axes.xlabel(parent.Xaxis.GetStringSelection())
> >       self.axes.ylabel(parent.Xaxis.GetStringSelection())
> >
> >       self.canvas = FigureCanvas(self, -1, self.figure)
> >
> > ===========================================
> > but i'm getting some error that says:
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "E:\final docu\Folder4.2pssl2\wxFrame1.py", line 729, in
> > OnGraphOldFileButton
> >     wxFrame2.create(self).Show(true)
> >   File "E:\final docu\Folder4.2pssl2\wxFrame2.py", line 16, in create
> >     return wxFrame2(parent)
> >   File "E:\final docu\Folder4.2pssl2\wxFrame2.py", line 39, in __init__
> >     self.axes.xlabel(parent.Xaxis.GetStringSelection())
> >
> > AttributeError: Subplot instance has no attribute 'xlabel'
> >
> > ==============================================
> > what should i do???
> 
> Hi Jan,
> 
> axes.xlabel doesnt exist. What you are looking for is
> 
> self.axes.set_xlabel(parent.Xaxis.GetStringSelection())
> self.axes.set_ylabel(parent.Xaxis.GetStringSelection())
> 
> The Matplotlib devs have put a lot of effort into documenting the project. In
> situations like this, I often end up relying on the python interactive
> interpreter to find the method I am looking for:
> 
> from pylab import *
> fig = figure()
> ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
> dir(ax)
> 
> or you could add a line in your own code:
> 
>       self.figure = Figure()
>       self.axes = self.figure.add_subplot(111)
> 
>       self.axes.plot(parent.listX,parent.listY, 'bo')
>       print dir(self.axes)
> 
> both would give you a list of available methods.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Darren
>