refresh a matplotlib plot when reruning a script

I have a script that fetchs data from a database and plot using something similar to

fig, (ax1, ax3) = plt.subplots(2, 1, sharex=False, sharey=False, num=fignum)
ax1.errorbar(...)
title(...)
ax2 = ax1.twiny()
ax4 = ax2.twiny()
...
plt.legent()
plt.draw()

Then, I call this script with plt.ion() and I use plt.show(block=True); so the plot stays opened.

Now, I want to rerun the script every second to get the updated data from the database. Is it posible to have the plot no blocking the script and being refresh?

I try to use block=False but this makes that the plot is not shown. I want to change my original script as little as possible. One posible idea I have is to pickle the plot (in the original script); and use another script that opens the pickled file every second.

TIA

Zunbeltz
(posted unsuccessfully at stackoverflow)

I have a script that fetchs data from a database and plot using
something similar to

fig, (ax1, ax3) = plt.subplots(2, 1, sharex=False, sharey=False, num=fignum)
ax1.errorbar(...)
title(...)
ax2 = ax1.twiny()
ax4 = ax2.twiny()
...
plt.legent()
plt.draw()

Then, I call this script with plt.ion() and I use plt.show(block=True);
so the plot stays opened.

Now, I want to rerun the script every second to get the updated data
from the database. Is it posible to have the plot no blocking the script
and being refresh?

You might find that plt.pause(1) is helpful.
See pylab_examples/animation_demo.py.

Also, it sounds like running via ipython, if possible, would make things easier for you; it takes care of all sorts of difficulties with interactivity. And it's wonderfully helpful in other ways as well.

I try to use block=False but this makes that the plot is not shown. I
want to change my original script as little as possible. One posible
idea I have is to pickle the plot (in the original script); and use
another script that opens the pickled file every second.

That sounds overly complex and roundabout. I'm sure that one or more of the suggestions above can lead to a simple solution.

Eric

ยทยทยท

On 2014/06/27, 9:59 AM, zunbeltz wrote:

TIA

Zunbeltz
(posted unsuccessfully at stackoverflow)

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