How to close a plot?

Hi there!
I need to know how to close a figure/chart in matplot.

Does anyone know how it works and could you please explain on the example below?

The problem is: close(1) doesn’t close the figure 1 and when the 2nd figure will be plot the program hangs.

I tried with draw() but the figure doesn’t appear.

Thanks!

John

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import time

fig = plt.figure(1)
ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
ax.plot((1, 3, 1))
plt.show()

time.sleep(10)

plt.close(1)

fig = plt.figure(2)
ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
ax.plot((4, 1, 0))

plt.show()

zxc wrote:

Hi there!
I need to know how to close a figure/chart in matplot.

Does anyone know how it works and could you please explain on the example below?
The problem is: close(1) doesn't close the figure 1 and when the 2nd figure will be plot the program hangs.
I tried with draw() but the figure doesn't appear.

Use fig.close()

-Jeff

Thanks. It seems most example of matplotlib end with show(). In fact, all may end that way, at least the short ones.

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On 2/7/2010 1:50 PM, Jeff Whitaker wrote:

> I need to know how to close a figure/chart in matplot.
   
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My life in two words. "Interrupted Projects." -- WTW (quote originator)

Thanks. It seems most example of matplotlib end with show(). In fact, all may end that way, at least the short ones.

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On 2/7/2010 1:50 PM, Jeff Whitaker wrote:

> I need to know how to close a figure/chart in matplolib.

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My life in two words. "Interrupted Projects." -- WTW (quote originator)

Well, that didn't quite work.

I tried
...
fig=figure()
...
fig.close()
show()

and
show()
fig.close()

In the first case, I got the error msg:

On 2/7/2010 7:15 PM, Wayne Watson wrote: Figure has no attribute close

···

Thanks. It seems most example of matplotlib end with show(). In fact,
all may end that way, at least the short ones.

On 2/7/2010 1:50 PM, Jeff Whitaker wrote:
   

  I need to know how to close a figure/chart in matplolib.
       
--
My life in two words. "Interrupted Projects." -- WTW (quote originator)

In the second case, after x, nothing really happened. The program resecuted the def it was in.

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On 2/7/2010 7:19 PM, Wayne Watson wrote:

Well, that didn't quite work.

I tried
...
fig=figure()
...
fig.close()
show()

and
show()
fig.close()

In the first case, I got the error msg:

On 2/7/2010 7:15 PM, Wayne Watson wrote: Figure has no attribute close
   

Thanks. It seems most example of matplotlib end with show(). In fact,
all may end that way, at least the short ones.

On 2/7/2010 1:50 PM, Jeff Whitaker wrote:

   I need to know how to close a figure/chart in matplolib.

--
My life in two words. "Interrupted Projects." -- WTW (quote originator)

I'm pretty sure your problem is not generally related to matplotlib, all the
examples you mentioned and the one you sent me by e-mail worked for me. Maybe
you try a different version or a different operating system for your scripts.

Jeff Whitaker wrote:

zxc wrote:

Hi there!
I need to know how to close a figure/chart in matplot.

Does anyone know how it works and could you please explain on the
example below?
The problem is: close(1) doesn't close the figure 1 and when the 2nd
figure will be plot the program hangs.
I tried with draw() but the figure doesn't appear.

Use fig.close()

fig.close()

Traceback (most recent call last):
- - -
AttributeError: 'Figure' object has no attribute 'close'

I think you mean plt.close(). This seems to suspend IDLE, and activate the
plot and console windows. To get back, I use "exit" in the console window.

Try using the draw() command instead of show(). Sometimes you need to issue
this command twice.

If I ever get this figured out, I'll write a HOWTO note.

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Thanks. That could be a very useful observation. I'm doing most of this on a win7 machine. When I installed MPL, I had two small dialogs appear that said something was missing, but I pressed on. MPL seemed to generally work except for the show() problem. I'm in the process of bringing programs from my XP to the win7 machine, and on the XP machine I decided to start using MPL with a 900 line Py program that I'm revising. I had gotten stuck with the very same problem there. However, last night I realized someone had added a MPL plot to it years ago, and it does not fail on show().

I noticed the msgs mentioned, and though I mad made a mistake in not installing numpy first, so tried to figure out a way to do it. Three posts on different forums did not provide an answer. I accidentally founnd the author of MPL's hidden away in one of MPL files. He said it didn't make a difference and asked me not to use his address. I though the warning msgs might be of interest to him, so wrote to him. He had blocked me. Perhaps I need to file a bug report to get his attention on that.

Anyway, I'm now stalled on the development of the big program. It's possible this is an IDLE problem, but I ran the big program with a click on the file, and the black window showed the same problem. It did show some other warnings, which I think I'll capture with Snagit. This is all on XP Pro.

I'm going to copy the two code segments here. Maybe you can see a difference. I'll also attach the capture of the window too. Two jpg files are attached for the same code below, and one for the error messages from the console XP.

=================OLD working code============
     def light_curve( self ):
         result =
         test = 1
         for tup in self.subimages:
             left,top,subimage = tup
             total = 0
             avg_total = 0
             if (test == 1):
                 box = (left, top, left+128, top+128)
                 region = self.reference_image.crop(box)
                 self.reference_image.paste(subimage, box)
                 test = 2
             else:
                 for x in range(left+43,left+82):
                     for y in range(top+43, top+82):
                         avg_total = avg_total + self.reference_image.getpixel((x, y))
                 for x in range(43,82): #take the center 40 X 40 pixel block
                     for y in range(43,82):
                         v = subimage.getpixel((x, y))
                         total = total + v
                 #for x in range(left, left+127):
                 # for y in range(top, top+127):
                 # avg_total = avg_total + self.reference_image.getpixel((x, y))
                 #for x in range(0, 127):
                 # for y in range(0, 127):
                 # total = total + subimage.getpixel((x, y))
                 result.append(total - avg_total) #(average - background average) gives pixel intensity above the background)
         plotting_x = range(2, len(result)+2)
         plot(plotting_x, result)
         xlabel('Frame #')
         ylabel('Pixel count above background count')
         title('Light curve for selected subplot')
         show()

===========New Code with show problem
     def get_point_trail_stats(self): # Simple track statistics
         xy = array(self.xya)[:,0:2] # creates a two column array for x,y
         pt2pt_dist =
         pt_dist =
         for k in arange(0,len(xy)-1):
             distance = sqrt((xy[k+1,0]-xy[k,0])**2 + (xy[k+1,1]-xy[k,1])**2)
             pt_dist.append(distance)
             # wtw print "k ",k, (xy[k,0], xy[k,1]), " distance: ", distance
         # wtwfor k in arange(0, len(xy)-50):
         # wtw print "k: %3i dist: %6.2f (x,y) (%4.1f,%4.1f)" % (k, pt_dist[k], xy[k,0], xy[k,1])
         per_tile25 = stats.scoreatpercentile(pt_dist,25.0)
         per_tile50 = stats.scoreatpercentile(pt_dist,50.0)
         per_tile75 = stats.scoreatpercentile(pt_dist,75.0)
         mean = stats.mean(pt_dist)
         std = stats.std(pt_dist)
         #sys.exit()
         amin = min(pt_dist)
         amax = max(pt_dist)
         print " mean: %7.2f std: %7.2f min: %7.2f max: %7.2f" % (mean, std, amin, amax)
         print " quartiles (25-per: %7.2f, 50-per: %7.2f, 75-per: %7.2f): " % (per_tile25, per_tile50, per_tile75)
         #print " Extended stats"
         #print " min: %7.2f max: %7.2f mean: %7.2f std: %7.2f" % \
         # (min, max, mean, std)
         #print " p25: %7.2f p50: %7.2f p75: %7.2f" % (per_tile25, per_tile50, per_tile75)
         trk_stats = (amin, amax, mean, std, per_tile25, per_tile50, per_tile75)
         fig = figure()
         ax1 = fig.add_subplot(111)
         v = (0, 640, 0, 480)
         print "shapes: ", xy[:,0].shape, xy[:,1].shape
         fig.close()
         ax1.plot(xy[:,0], xy[:,1]) #,100*s, c , picker=True)
         ax1.axis(v)
         #x = (0,1,3,20,20);y=(5,7, 9, 22,90)
         #col = ax1.plot(x,y)
         show()

         print "something for wtw plot"
         print
         return trk_stats

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On 2/7/2010 10:53 PM, Philipp Bender wrote:

I'm pretty sure your problem is not generally related to matplotlib, all the
examples you mentioned and the one you sent me by e-mail worked for me. Maybe
you try a different version or a different operating system for your scripts.

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