Hi,
You could use the time module.
import time
while 1:
time.sleep(5) # freezes for 5 s
update plot
This should be less CPU consuming ...
lpmp
On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 9:41 AM, francesco oteri
<francesco.ot...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi,
> what about opening-closing the file every now and then, for example every
> 5seconds?
> you can do it using the function time(). It gives you the amount of time
> since I don't kno when,
> but you can count how many seconds are left using:
>
> a=time()
> while 1:
> b=time()
> left= b-a
> if left == 5sec:
> updating plot
>
> Actually is very cpu consuming, but it is the best I can propose :(
>
>
> Francesco
>
>
>
> 2012/11/8 Sebastian Rhode <sebrh...@gmail.com>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a textfile where every second a line is written. Usually the look
>> like this:
>>
>> 1; 124; 455
>>
>> a second later
>>
>> 1; 124; 455
>> 2; 104; 600
>>
>> ...
>>
>> Finally such a file is quite easy to plot using matplotlib. But what
>> would be very useful for me is a script, that is watching the TXT file and
>> updates the plot when a new row "arrives". Any good ideas?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Sebi
>>
>>
>>
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>
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