The cookbook is a place for community contributions of recipes, howtos and examples. Complete documentation and tutorials for matplotlib can be found at [http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/ matplotlib's webpage] [[BR]] [[TableOfContents]] = Simple Plotting = * [:Cookbook/Matplotlib/SigmoidalFunctions:Sigmoidal Functions] - plotting simple functions . attachment:sigmoids_small.png * [:Cookbook/Matplotlib/MultilinePlots:Multiline Plots] - how to plot multiple lines over one another . attachment:multiline.png * [:Cookbook/Matplotlib/BarCharts:Bar Charts] - how to make a bar chart . attachment:barchartscaled.png * [:Cookbook/Matplotlib/Common Errors:Common Errors] - Compilation of common errors that can cause erroneous behavior. Check before emailing mailing lists. * ["/Animations"] - how to animate your figures. * [:Cookbook/Matplotlib/MulticoloredLine:Multicolored Line] - different colors for different parts of a line . attachment:colored_line.png * [:Cookbook/Matplotlib/ShadedRegions:Shaded Regions] - how to plot grey shaded regions using transparency. . attachment:shaded_small.png * ["/Arrows"] - how to plot arrows . attachment:plot_arrow_small.png * [:Cookbook/Matplotlib/UnfilledHistograms:Unfilled Histograms] - how to plot histograms that are un-filled and don't look like bar charts. . attachment:hist_outline_small.png * ["Cookbook/Histograms"] - 2D histograms with variable bin width. . attachment:Cookbook/Histograms/histogram2d.png * [:Cookbook/Matplotlib/CustomLogLabels:Custom Log Plot Labels] - plotting log plots with custom tick labels that are formatted as integer numbers rather than exponents as is the default. . attachment:log_labels_small.png * [:Cookbook/Matplotlib/ThickAxes:Thick Axes] - how to make thick axes lines and bold fonts. . attachment:thick_axes.png * ["/Maps"] - how to plot data on map projections . attachment:basemap1.png * [:Cookbook/Matplotlib/Plotting values with masked arrays:Plotting values with masked arrays] - How to plot only selected values of an array, because some values are meaningless (detector malfunction), out of range, etc. etc. * ["/Transformations"] - Using transformations to convert between different coordinate systems. * TreeMap - classic treemap style plots * ["/Legend"] - Adding a legend to your plot * [:Cookbook/Matplotlib/HintonDiagrams:Hinton Diagrams] - A way of visualizing weight matrices . attachment:hinton-small.png = Pseudo Color Plots = * [:Cookbook/Matplotlib/Loading a colormap dynamically:Loading a colormap dynamically] - How to load a color map from a GMT (Generic Mapping Tools) file. * [:Cookbook/Matplotlib/Show colormaps:Show colormaps] - Small script to display all of the Matplotlib colormaps, and an exampleshowing how to create a new one. * [:Cookbook/Matplotlib/converting a matrix to a raster image:Converting a matrix to a raster image] - A replacement for scipy's imsave command * [:Cookbook/Matplotlib/Gridding irregularly spaced data:Gridding irregularly spaced data] - how to grid scattered data points in order to make a contour or image plot. * [:Cookbook/Matplotlib/Plotting Images with Special Values:Plotting Images with Special Values] - how to plot an image with special values mapped to specific colors, e.g. missing values or data extrema . attachment:sentinel.png * [:Cookbook/Matplotlib/ColormapTransformations:Transformations on Colormaps] - how to apply a function to the look up table of a colormap and turn it into another one. = Typesetting = * [:Cookbook/Matplotlib/UsingTex:Using TeX] - formatting matplotlib text with LaTeX . attachment:tex_demo.png * [:Cookbook/Matplotlib/LaTeX Examples:LaTeX Examples] - Complete examples for generating publication quality figures using LaTeX. = 3D Plotting = ||'''NOTE:''' '''''Experimental work has been going on to integrate 3D plotting functionality into matplotlib'''''. Please see the related [http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/index.html?highlight=mplot3d mplot3d documentation] or take a look at [http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/gallery.html matplotlib gallery] for example 3D plots. For a more sophisticated 3D visualization and plotting interface, you can try [http://code.enthought.com/projects/mayavi/ Mayavi] which is actively maintained and features an 'mlab' interface similar to matplotlib's 'pylab'. || * [:Cookbook/Matplotlib/mplot3D:3D plots] - Simple 3D plots using matplotlibs built-in 3D functions (which were originally provided by John Porter's mplot3d add-on module). . attachment:contourf3D.jpg * [:Cookbook/Matplotlib/VTK Integration:VTK Integration] - How to import plots into VTK. . attachment:mpl_vtk.png = Embedding Plots in Apps = * [:Cookbook/Matplotlib/EmbeddingInWx:Embedding in WX] - Advice on how to embed matplotlib figures in [http://www.wxpython.org wxPython] applications. * [http://agni.phys.iit.edu/~kmcivor/wxmpl WxMpl] - Python module for integrating matplotlib into wxPython GUIs. * ["Cookbook/Matplotlib/ScrollingPlot"] - Demonstrates how to control a matplotlib plot embedded in a wxPython application with scrollbars. * [http://code.enthought.com/projects/traits/docs/html/tutorials/traits_ui_scientific_app.html Gael Varoquax's scientific GUI tutorial] - Includes an instructive example of embedding matplotlib in a [http://code.enthought.com/projects/traits_gui/ Traits GUI]. * ["Cookbook/Matplotlib/PySide"] - Demonstrates how to display a matplotlib plot embedded in a PySide (Qt) application = Misc = * [:Cookbook/Matplotlib/LoadImage:Load and display an image] - shows a simple way to import a PNG image to a numpy array * [:Cookbook/Matplotlib/Interactive Plotting:Interactive Plotting] - Adding mouse interaction to identify data annotations. * [:Cookbook/Matplotlib/Matplotlib and Zope:Matplotlib and Zope] - How to use Matplotlib within the application server [http://www.zope.org Zope]. * [:Cookbook/Matplotlib/Qt with IPython and Designer:Qt with IPython and Designer] - How to design a GUI using Qt's Designer tool using Matplotlib widgets, and that can be interactively controlled from the IPython command line. * [:Cookbook/Matplotlib/CompilingMatPlotLibOnSolaris10:Compiling Matplotlib on Solaris 10] - how to compile the thing on Solaris 10, using gcc/g++ * [:Cookbook/Matplotlib/Using MatPlotLib in a CGI script:Using MatPlotLib in a CGI script] - steps needed to be able to use matplotlib from a python cgi script * [http://www.answermysearches.com/index.php/making-dynamic-charts-and-graphs-for-your-webpage/135/ Making Dynamic Charts for your Webpage] - Complete CGI script example. * [http://www.dalkescientific.com/writings/diary/archive/2005/04/23/matplotlib_without_gui.html matplotlib without GUI] by Andrew Dalke. * [http://debs.astraw.com/dapper/ Andrew Straw's Apt Repository] - Bleeding edge deb packages for Debian, Ubuntu (also has packages for numpy/scipy etc.). * [:Cookbook/Matplotlib/AdjustingImageSize:Adjusting Image Size] - a brief discussion of how to adjust the size of figures -- for printing, web, etc. * [:Cookbook/Matplotlib/DeletingAnExistingDataSeries:Deleting An Existing Data Series] - a quick example showing how to remove one data series from an already existing plot. * [:Cookbook/Matplotlib/Django:Embedding in Django] - example on how to use matplotlib with Django. * [http://pytseries.sourceforge.net timeseries scikit] - The documentation contains a section on plotting `TimeSeries` objects using matplotlib * /TreeMap - A compact way of showing weighted tree information. * [:Cookbook/Matplotlib/Multiple Subplots with One Axis Label:Multiple Subplots with One Axis Label] - how to use one centered label to annotate several subplots * [http://www.nabble.com/Multiple-Y-axis-td10734643.html Multiple Y-axis] - How to plot different variables on the same plot but different Y-Axis (one left and one right) * [http://debtechandstuff.blogspot.com/2009/10/creating-video-of-3d-graph-plotting.html Creating video of 3D graph plotting using matplotlib and mencoder] by Ilya Zakreuski ---- . 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