On Jul 14, 2012, at 8:57 AM, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 14/07/2012 13:41, William R. Wing (Bill Wing) wrote: >> On Jul 14, 2012, at 7:49 AM, Mark Lawrence wrote: >> >>> Sorry if I've missed this in the docs but is it possible to directly >>> plot a histogram with a date x axis or do I have to roll my own? This >>> is critical as I'm on a diet and trying to plot my weight loss against >>> date :) >>> >>> -- >>> Cheers. >>> >>> Mark Lawrence. >> >> Are you sure you want a histogram - weight vs date sounds more like a simple >> bar graph (which matplotlib does trivially). >> >> -Bill >
[byte] > You are correct, why did I say histogram when I've been looking at my > own code that plots bars? Just shows that a beer free diet is no good > for you :) Let's try again, is it possible to directly > plot a bar chart with a date x axis or do I have to roll my own? > > -- > Cheers. > > Mark Lawrence. > A good start on time-series X-axis plotting is here: http://blog.mafr.de/2012/03/11/time-series-data-with-matplotlib/ And the sorceforge matplotlib gallery has several versions of bar charts (with code) here: http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/gallery.html -Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
