Hello,
I am trying to fill the space below a curve where my x-axis is indexed by time. The matplotlib api documentation and the examples don't touch on this subject and I haven't had much luck trying a few different variations. Here's what I've tried so far, maybe someone can point out what I'm doing wrong.
import time
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.mlab as mlab
time_strings = [ list of times as strings ]
xs = [ date2num(time.strptime(string) for string in time_strings ]
ys = [ list of float values ]
fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
ax.plot_date(xs, ys)
xv, yv = mlab.poly_below(0, xs, ys)
ax.fill(xv, yv)
When I do this, I get a 'year out of range' error. If I try and fill the area before the call to ax.plot_date, The fill looks like a solid bar about the height of the max y-value.
From, looking at the posts on the mailing list it doesn't seem that I'm doing something terribly wrong, maybe I'm missing something subtle?
Thanks,
- Shailesh
Shailesh Kochhar wrote:
Hello,
I am trying to fill the space below a curve where my x-axis is indexed by time. The matplotlib api documentation and the examples don't touch on this subject and I haven't had much luck trying a few different variations. Here's what I've tried so far, maybe someone can point out what I'm doing wrong.
import time
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.mlab as mlab
time_strings = [ list of times as strings ]
xs = [ date2num(time.strptime(string) for string in time_strings ]
ys = [ list of float values ]
fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
ax.plot_date(xs, ys)
xv, yv = mlab.poly_below(0, xs, ys)
ax.fill(xv, yv)
When I do this, I get a 'year out of range' error. If I try and fill the area before the call to ax.plot_date, The fill looks like a solid bar about the height of the max y-value.
What is the actual traceback?
Please provide a simple but complete example that shows the problem--that is, flesh out your pseudocode above into a small standalone script that triggers the error.
Eric
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From, looking at the posts on the mailing list it doesn't seem that I'm doing something terribly wrong, maybe I'm missing something subtle?
Thanks,
- Shailesh
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I think there is a bug in poly_below -- try usin poly_between
xv, yv = mlab.poly_between(xs, ys, 0)
I've fixed the bug in svn r6429, so you can also use svn if you have
access to it.
JDH
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On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 10:09 PM, Eric Firing <efiring@...202...> wrote:
Shailesh Kochhar wrote:
Hello,
I am trying to fill the space below a curve where my x-axis is indexed
by time. The matplotlib api documentation and the examples don't touch
on this subject and I haven't had much luck trying a few different
variations. Here's what I've tried so far, maybe someone can point out
what I'm doing wrong.
import time
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.mlab as mlab
time_strings = [ list of times as strings ]
xs = [ date2num(time.strptime(string) for string in time_strings ]
ys = [ list of float values ]
fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
ax.plot_date(xs, ys)
xv, yv = mlab.poly_below(0, xs, ys)
ax.fill(xv, yv)