plot with discontinuous x-axis

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Hi there,

i'd like to plot a data series with signal values over timestamps, what
works perfectly. But if I want to display 2 series with different time
domains, theres a gap in between.
For example my first set of data is from time (x) 1-3 and the second from
7-8. If I send the mixed array to the plot, I will receive something like
that:

y> x x x x x x
x> 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

But if there is considerably more time between the to data sets, it soon
will look confusing.
What i need is a graph over this:

y> x x x x x x
x> 1 2 3 7 8 9

Of course I could do this with 2 subplots, but i want to scroll over a whole
set of data.
Is it possible wih matplotlib, or is there a workaround?

Thanks!
Hubert

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Hi there,

i'd like to plot a data series with signal values over timestamps, what
works perfectly. But if I want to display 2 series with different time
domains, theres a gap in between.
For example my first set of data is from time (x) 1-3 and the second from
7-8. If I send the mixed array to the plot, I will receive something like
that:

y> x x x x x x
x> 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

But if there is considerably more time between the to data sets, it soon
will look confusing.
What i need is a graph over this:

y> x x x x x x
x> 1 2 3 7 8 9

Of course I could do this with 2 subplots, but i want to scroll over a whole
set of data.
Is it possible wih matplotlib, or is there a workaround?

There are a couple examples here:
    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5656798/python-matplotlib-is-there-a-way-to-make-a-discontinuous-axis

Warren

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On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 5:41 AM, denoise <hubert.glas@...3708...> wrote:

Thanks!
Hubert

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Warren Weckesser, on 2011-08-01 09:49, wrote:

There are a couple examples here:
    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5656798/python-matplotlib-is-there-a-way-to-make-a-discontinuous-axis

I was going to say:

Damn those stackoverflow cool kids, reinventing the wheel when we
already have an example for this in git:
https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/blob/master/examples/pylab_examples/broken_axis.py

but now I see that's exactly the example that's the top answer,
there, heh.

best,

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Great! The last post from the page
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5656798/python-matplotlib-is-there-a-way-to-make-a-discontinuous-axis
was exactly what i want!

It should work for me with some little modifications!

Thanks to all! I'll post a screenshot when it's ready!

Hubert

Warren Weckesser-3 wrote:

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On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 5:41 AM, denoise <hubert.glas@...3708...> > wrote:

Hi there,

i'd like to plot a data series with signal values over timestamps, what
works perfectly. But if I want to display 2 series with different time
domains, theres a gap in between.
For example my first set of data is from time (x) 1-3 and the second from
7-8. If I send the mixed array to the plot, I will receive something like
that:

y> x x x x x x
x> 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

But if there is considerably more time between the to data sets, it soon
will look confusing.
What i need is a graph over this:

y> x x x x x x
x> 1 2 3 7 8 9

Of course I could do this with 2 subplots, but i want to scroll over a
whole
set of data.
Is it possible wih matplotlib, or is there a workaround?

There are a couple examples here:
   
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5656798/python-matplotlib-is-there-a-way-to-make-a-discontinuous-axis

Warren

Thanks!
Hubert

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