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Color outliers in scatterplot in matplotlib?

How would I color my outliers in a scatterplot, assuming i have a list of my outlier values? x_outliers = my_x_outliers y_outliers = my_y_outliers plt.scatter(x,y) plt.show() The default color ...
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Cannot plot Dataframe

I am trying to plot this Dataframe but it kept on giving me errors for too many indices for array. I have looked at this for hours and I still could't figure it out. I suspect it has something to do ...
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Getting ValueError trying to plot a graph

I have an Arduino sketch that is putting time, temperature values into a loggedData.dat file. Just looking at the file using the Arduino serial monitor it looks fine. But when I try to plot a graph ...
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1answer
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Inserting hyperlinks in pyplot interactive mode

I am creating a visualization of Twitter user locations as tweets come in, and so within my matplotlib code I have these three lines to create an interactive plot so the location markers can be ...
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Python 3d scatter plot X and Y axis error

def fun(mips_perf): y = list(xrange(0,10)) x = list(xrange(0, 8)) X, Y = np.meshgrid(x, y) temp = [] for x, y in zip(np.ravel(X), np.ravel(Y)): print x, y ...
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matplotlib cannot plot histogram

I am starting to use Pandas, and having some problem plotting a field of a data frame I have 2 variables a and b, initialized as follow import matplotlib.pyplot as plot column_name = ...
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Plotting images (glyphs) as points in Python / matplotlib? [duplicate]

I have a set of points that I wish to plot in a scatterplot with images (glyphs) being plotted instead of points. How would I do this in Python/matplotlib?
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UnicodeDecodeError Matplotlib

I've been taking a YouTube course on how to build live-updating graphs in python. Initially, my program wouldn't run because I was missing important modules such as six or dateutil (I even installed ...
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Matplotlib Legend not showing up

I am trying this example: import matplotlib.patches as mpatches import matplotlib.pyplot as plt red_patch = mpatches.Patch(color='red', label='The red data') plt.legend(handles=[red_patch]) ...
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R's gridExtra in Python?

In R, we could plot each graph independently and then arrange all or some of the graphs easily by packages like gridExtra. For example, p1 <- ggplot(aes(x1,y1), data=df) + geom_point() p2 <- ...
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Label axis in chart with matplotlib [duplicate]

I have a chart that I am embedding into a html page that is generated with matplotlib. Everything is working as I was hoping it would but for some reason I cannot label the axis of the chart. Every ...
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Format datetime in seaborn faceted scatter plot

I am learning python pandas + matplotlib + seaborn plotting and data visualization from a "R Lattice" perspective. I am still getting my legs. Here is a basic question that I could not get to work ...
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1answer
21 views

Matplotlib / Seaborn barplot--strings in x axis

Maybe I am too used to R's wonderful ggplot-idiom when doing faceted charts (it takes numeric and string variables without protest) but the ideal way outside ggplot has certainly eluded me for some ...
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pylab not loading in emacs using ipython

I am using Emacs 24.3 in Windows 8. Using PowerShell, ipython loads pylab without issue: PS C:\Users\vince.forgetta> ipython --pylab Python 3.4.0 (v3.4.0:04f714765c13, Mar 16 2014, 19:25:23) [MSC ...
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1answer
24 views

Plot matrix data with custom tick labels

C0 C5 C10 C15 C20 C25 C30 C35 C40 C45 C50 P0 47.943345 44.914156 42.376835 37.2786 39.362123 29.822127 ...
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matplotlib plot and then wait for raw input

I am trying to open a series of .png plots. I want to be able to view a plot on the screen and then get a prompt waiting for me to 'press enter'. On hitting enter, the next plot should be shown. I ...
2
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Plotting circular 3d bars (discs) using matplotlib

I am trying to make a graphical visualization of reaction barriers in a cyclic reaction (cf. citric acid cycle). I have barriers for two reaction paths closing the same reaction cycle through ...
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Add text on matplotlib graph in the loc = “best” fashion (not in data coordinate) [duplicate]

Is there a way to include text on a matplotlib graph in an "empty area" in the same fashion as loc ="best" for the legend location? Thanks!
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How to assign colors to circles in matplotlib?

Somehow, assigning colors to circles works different from assigning colors in scatter plots: import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt fig = plt.figure(figsize=(6,6)) # give plots a ...
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1answer
15 views

Plot histogram of a large number of integers using matplotlib

I am trying to plot the frequency of integers in a large list of number in a large range. More specifically: ints = np.random.random_integers(0,1440,15000) ints is a long list of integers with ...
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2answers
24 views

ImportError: No module names 'matplotlib' Python 3.3

I'm new to python (started 2 days ago) and I have gotten to the point where I want to use matplotlib for my program. I am using python 3.3 and after I have followed the instructions of installing ...
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1answer
18 views

Pandas plotting options causing error in iPython [duplicate]

I am trying some of the pandas plotting stuff shown here. However whenever I try to use the following command to set style options as suggested pd.options.display.mpl_style = 'default' I get the ...
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matplotlib: isometric views for 3d axes

I have a 3d axes in matplotlib: http://matplotlib.org/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/tutorial.html The view can be set using the keywords elev and azim. I'd like to make it easy to access the isometric view ...
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1answer
43 views

How to get XKCD font on matplotlib

I've managed to replicate the graphs in: http://matplotlib.org/xkcd/examples/showcase/xkcd.html However my font does not look like that. How do I change the text font to the cool xkcd font?
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Overlaying a mask onto another image with matplotlib

I have an issue, of which my trial solution is no doubt convoluted. Suppose I have two different images (call them A and B, both 166x256) with values ranging from 0 to 256. I have this region (call it ...
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Creating and graphing Hierarchical Trees in Python with pandas

So I have hierarchical information stored within a pandas DataFrame and I would like to construct and visualize a hierarchical tree based on this information. For example, a row in my DataFrame has ...
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Matplotlib legend: labels above markers

I have a plot with multiple lines, each labelled separately. I'd like to put a legend in the plot so that individual lines can be identified. The default ordering of labels and markers looks something ...
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How to create a custom color bar - Matplotlib / Python

I'm merging to data in the same plot using Matplotlib. With the colors, I represent the data a, and with opacity, the data b. So, at the end, I have something like: As can be seen, so far my color ...
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1answer
29 views

Matplotlib - set an axis label where there are no ticks

Hello Python/Matplotlib gurus, I would like to label the y-axis at a random point where a particular horizontal line is drawn. My Y-axis should not have any values, and only show major ticks. To ...
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Plotting a list from a dictionary [on hold]

I am trying to plot two lists from a dictionary(updated_population), but there are no points showing in the plot itself. Dont understand why, because if i print the lists if gives the right values. ...
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A half polar plot (directivity pattern) with dB scale and negative angle values

I need for the analysis / presentation of my measurement data a directivity plot. The angle from -90° to 90° (0° has to show to north) and the rvalues should be able to be negative as well (dB scale). ...
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1answer
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Using Anaconda Python with PyQt5

I have an existing PyQt5/Python3.4 application that works great, and would now like to add "real-time" data graphing to it. Since matplotlib installation specifically looks for Python 3.2, and NumPhy ...
4
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1answer
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Best way to plot an angle between two lines in Matplotlib

I am fairly new to using matplotlib and cannot find any examples that show two lines with the angle between them plotted. This is my current image: And this is an example of what I want to achieve: ...
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raise LinAlgError(“SVD did not converge”) LinAlgError: SVD did not converge in matplotlib pca determination

code : import numpy from matplotlib.mlab import PCA file_name = "C:/Documents and Settings/862629/My Documents/53135/programs/store1_pca_matrix.txt" ori_data = numpy.loadtxt(file_name,dtype='float', ...
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1answer
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Drawing obtuse circular arc with arrowhead in matplotlib

I am new to Python, though I do have previous programming experience. My current interest is to generate good quality schematics (and maybe later on also data graphs). I need to draw a circlar arc ...
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1answer
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How to draw planes from a set of linear equations in Python?

I have a linear system with three equations: x1- 2x2 + x3 = 0 2x2 - 8x3 = 8 -4x1 + 5x2 + 9x3 = -9 The solution set is (29, 16, 3), which is a point at the intersection of these planes. ...
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Displaying true-colour 2D RGB textures in a 3D plot?

I'm trying to make a 3D plot that consists of a series of 2D planes through an RGB stack, like this: I know that it's possible to do this using mpl_toolkits.mplot3d by passing the x, y, z ...
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2answers
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How to overplot a line on a scatter plot in python?

I have two vectors of data and I've put them into matplotlib.scatter(). Now I'd like to over plot a linear fit to these data. How would I do this? I've tried using scikitlearn and np.scatter.
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How to plot two columns of a pandas data frame using points?

I have a pandas data frame and would like to plot values from one column versus the values from another column. Fortunately, there is plot method associated with the data-frames that seems to do what ...
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3answers
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matplotlib: Group boxplots

Is there a way to group boxplots in matplotlib? Assume we have three groups "A", "B", and "C" and for each we want to create a boxplot for both "apples" and "oranges". If a grouping is not possible ...
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1answer
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How to set xlim and ylim for a subplot in matplotlib

I would like to limit the X and Y axis in matplotlib but for a speific subplot. As I can see subplot figure itself doesn't have any axis property. I want for example to change only the limits for the ...
11
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1answer
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Plotting results of Pandas GroupBy

I'm starting to learn Pandas and am trying to find the most Pythonic (or panda-thonic?) ways to do certain tasks. Suppose we have a DataFrame with columns A, B, and C. Column A contains boolean ...
4
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1answer
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Explain why numpy should not be imported from source directory

Disclaimer of research: I have examined the following other stackoverflow questions: How to import numpy in python shell How can I use numpy without installing it? python: import a module from a ...
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making matplotlib graphs look like R by default?

Is there a way to make matplotlib behave identically to R, or almost like R, in terms of plotting defaults? For example R treats its axes pretty differently from matplotlib. The following histogram ...
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377 views

plot qualitative data on matplotlib

I have three 1D arrays of same length. These are: Temperature (F) wind speed wind direction temperature and wind speed have all float values while wind direction has string values like 'south', ...
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1answer
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Pandas timeseries plot setting x-axis major and minor ticks and labels

I want to be able to set the major and minor xticks and their labels for a time series graph plotted from a Pandas time series object. The Pandas 0.9 "what's new" page says: "you can either ...
2
votes
2answers
889 views

Add padding to the top and bottom of a pyplot

I am generating a pyplot using the following code: plotCount = 1 for key in resultsDictionary: count = 1 p1 = plt.subplot(5,1,plotCount) plotCount+=1 for item in resultsDictionary[key]: ...
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2answers
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How to plot a gradient color line in matplotlib?

To state it in a general form, I'm looking for a way to join several points with a gradient color line using matplotlib, and I'm not finding it anywhere. To be more specific, I'm plotting a 2D random ...
2
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3answers
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Python: clockwise polar plot

How can I make a clockwise plot? Somebody ask a similar question here: How to make the angles in a matplotlib polar plot go clockwise with 0° at the top? But I dont understand this. import ...
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4answers
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Plotting a line over several graphs

I don't know how this thing is called, or even how to describe it, so the title may be a little bit misleading. The first attached graph was created with pyplot. I would like to draw a straight line ...