definition to show quikly a plot

Hello everyone,

I have a problem. I have to look at many plots. Usely I do it like that:

from pylab import*

X1 = genfromtxt("Myfile.dat", usecols =(0))
Y1 = genfromtxt("Myfile.dat", usecols =(1))
plot(X1,Y1, label ="My curve")

show()

But the problem is when I have many plots I have to copy paste and
change manually all the name of the variables X1, X2, X3...etc. It's
not really convenient.
I want to create a def with the name of my file as argument which do
something like that:

from pylab import*

def plotgraph(name):
    X_name = genfromtxt("name", usecols =(0))
    Y_name = genfromtxt("name", usecols =(1))
    plot(X_name,Y_name, label ="name")

plotgraph(MyFile)

show()

But it doesn't work. Do you know why? Do you have a smarter idea?

Thanks!

Fab

Dear Fabien

2012/5/29 Fabien Lafont <lafont.fabien@...287...>:

Hello everyone,

I have a problem. I have to look at many plots. Usely I do it like that:

from pylab import*

X1 = genfromtxt("Myfile.dat", usecols =(0))
Y1 = genfromtxt("Myfile.dat", usecols =(1))
plot(X1,Y1, label ="My curve")

show()

But the problem is when I have many plots I have to copy paste and
change manually all the name of the variables X1, X2, X3...etc. It's
not really convenient.
I want to create a def with the name of my file as argument which do
something like that:

from pylab import*

def plotgraph(name):
X_name = genfromtxt("name", usecols =(0))
Y_name = genfromtxt("name", usecols =(1))
plot(X_name,Y_name, label ="name")

plotgraph(MyFile)

show()

Try this:

def plotgraph(name):
   """Plot stuff:
   name: string
     file name
   """
   X_name, Y_name = genfromtxt(name, usecols =(0,1)).T
   plot(X_name,Y_name, label =name)

'name' should contain already a string, so you have to pass it to
genfromtxt. I you pass "name", the file name is "name" and not the
what is in the variable.
Just a note: if you read the file as 'X_name, Y_name =
genfromtxt(name, usecols =(0,1)).T' you open, read and close the file
only once.

Cheers,
Francesco

···

But it doesn't work. Do you know why? Do you have a smarter idea?

Thanks!

Fab

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Thx Francesco, it works great!

What for the .T at the end of genfromtxt?

2012/5/29 Francesco Montesano <franz.bergesund@...982...>:

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Dear Fabien

2012/5/29 Fabien Lafont <lafont.fabien@...287...>:

Hello everyone,

I have a problem. I have to look at many plots. Usely I do it like that:

from pylab import*

X1 = genfromtxt("Myfile.dat", usecols =(0))
Y1 = genfromtxt("Myfile.dat", usecols =(1))
plot(X1,Y1, label ="My curve")

show()

But the problem is when I have many plots I have to copy paste and
change manually all the name of the variables X1, X2, X3...etc. It's
not really convenient.
I want to create a def with the name of my file as argument which do
something like that:

from pylab import*

def plotgraph(name):
X_name = genfromtxt("name", usecols =(0))
Y_name = genfromtxt("name", usecols =(1))
plot(X_name,Y_name, label ="name")

plotgraph(MyFile)

show()

Try this:

def plotgraph(name):
"""Plot stuff:
name: string
file name
"""
X_name, Y_name = genfromtxt(name, usecols =(0,1)).T
plot(X_name,Y_name, label =name)

'name' should contain already a string, so you have to pass it to
genfromtxt. I you pass "name", the file name is "name" and not the
what is in the variable.
Just a note: if you read the file as 'X_name, Y_name =
genfromtxt(name, usecols =(0,1)).T' you open, read and close the file
only once.

Cheers,
Francesco

But it doesn't work. Do you know why? Do you have a smarter idea?

Thanks!

Fab

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2012/5/29 Fabien Lafont <lafont.fabien@...287...>:

Thx Francesco, it works great!

What for the .T at the end of genfromtxt?

genfromtxt with usecols=(0,1) return an array with 2 columns. with .T
you transpose it so that you can save it in two variables. For more
info, e.g., numpy.ndarray.T — NumPy v1.26 Manual

Cheers,
Francesco

···

2012/5/29 Francesco Montesano <franz.bergesund@...982...>:

Dear Fabien

2012/5/29 Fabien Lafont <lafont.fabien@...287...>:

Hello everyone,

I have a problem. I have to look at many plots. Usely I do it like that:

from pylab import*

X1 = genfromtxt("Myfile.dat", usecols =(0))
Y1 = genfromtxt("Myfile.dat", usecols =(1))
plot(X1,Y1, label ="My curve")

show()

But the problem is when I have many plots I have to copy paste and
change manually all the name of the variables X1, X2, X3...etc. It's
not really convenient.
I want to create a def with the name of my file as argument which do
something like that:

from pylab import*

def plotgraph(name):
X_name = genfromtxt("name", usecols =(0))
Y_name = genfromtxt("name", usecols =(1))
plot(X_name,Y_name, label ="name")

plotgraph(MyFile)

show()

Try this:

def plotgraph(name):
"""Plot stuff:
name: string
file name
"""
X_name, Y_name = genfromtxt(name, usecols =(0,1)).T
plot(X_name,Y_name, label =name)

'name' should contain already a string, so you have to pass it to
genfromtxt. I you pass "name", the file name is "name" and not the
what is in the variable.
Just a note: if you read the file as 'X_name, Y_name =
genfromtxt(name, usecols =(0,1)).T' you open, read and close the file
only once.

Cheers,
Francesco

But it doesn't work. Do you know why? Do you have a smarter idea?

Thanks!

Fab

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