Re: help: confused about python flavors....
On 07/03/2012 06:24, Steven D'Aprano wrote: On Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:06:37 -0800, amar Singh wrote: Hi, I am confused between plain python, numpy, scipy, pylab, matplotlib. Python is a programming language. It comes standard with many libraries for doing basic mathematics, web access, email, etc. Numpy is a library for doing scientific numerical maths work and fast processing of numeric arrays. Scipy is another library for scientific work. It is separate from, but uses, Numpy. Matplotlib is a project for making graphing and plotting of numeric data easy in Python. Pylab is a project to be Python's version of Matlab: it intends to be an integrated bundle of Python the programming language, Numpy, Scipy, and Matplotlib all in one easy-to-use application. I have high familiarity with matlab, but the computer I use does not have it. So moving to python. What should I use? and the best way to use it. I will be running matlab-like scripts sometimes on the shell prompt and sometimes on the command line. Pylab is intended to be the closest to Matlab, but I don't know how close it is. Also, Pylab is NOT compatible with Matlab: its aim is to be an alternative to Matlab, not to be a clone. So it cannot run Matlab scripts. You might also like to look at Sage: http://www.sagemath.org/ Sage is a Python project aimed to be an alternative to Mathematica. Ultimately, you will have to look at the packages, see their features, perhaps try them for a while (they are all free software, so the only cost is your time), and decide for yourself which one meets your needs. We can't answer that, because we don't know what you need. Matplotlib is excellent, it has an extensive pile of docs and examples, and the mailing list is extremely helpful. -- Cheers. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: help: confused about python flavors....
On Mar 7, 9:41 am, Dennis Lee Bieber wlfr...@ix.netcom.com wrote:
On Tue, 6 Mar 2012 20:06:37 -0800 (PST), amar Singh
jagteraho2...@gmail.com declaimed the following in
gmane.comp.python.general:
Hi,
I am confused between plain python, numpy, scipy, pylab, matplotlib.
I have high familiarity with matlab, but the computer I use does not
have it. So moving to python.
What should I use? and the best way to use it. I will be running
matlab-like scripts sometimes on the shell prompt and sometimes on the
command line.
If Matlab compatibility is a high constraint, I'll speak heresy and
suggest you might look at Octavehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Octave
Python is stand-alone programming/scripting language. Numpy is an
extension package adding array/matrix math operations but the syntax
won't be a direct match to Matlab; Scipy is an extension package that,
well, extends Numpy. Matplotlib is a separate package for graphical
plotting of array data. {simplistic explanation}
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Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN
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Thanks everyone for helping me on this.
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help: confused about python flavors....
Hi, I am confused between plain python, numpy, scipy, pylab, matplotlib. I have high familiarity with matlab, but the computer I use does not have it. So moving to python. What should I use? and the best way to use it. I will be running matlab-like scripts sometimes on the shell prompt and sometimes on the command line. Please help. Thanks in advance. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: help: confused about python flavors....
On Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:06:37 -0800, amar Singh wrote: Hi, I am confused between plain python, numpy, scipy, pylab, matplotlib. Python is a programming language. It comes standard with many libraries for doing basic mathematics, web access, email, etc. Numpy is a library for doing scientific numerical maths work and fast processing of numeric arrays. Scipy is another library for scientific work. It is separate from, but uses, Numpy. Matplotlib is a project for making graphing and plotting of numeric data easy in Python. Pylab is a project to be Python's version of Matlab: it intends to be an integrated bundle of Python the programming language, Numpy, Scipy, and Matplotlib all in one easy-to-use application. I have high familiarity with matlab, but the computer I use does not have it. So moving to python. What should I use? and the best way to use it. I will be running matlab-like scripts sometimes on the shell prompt and sometimes on the command line. Pylab is intended to be the closest to Matlab, but I don't know how close it is. Also, Pylab is NOT compatible with Matlab: its aim is to be an alternative to Matlab, not to be a clone. So it cannot run Matlab scripts. You might also like to look at Sage: http://www.sagemath.org/ Sage is a Python project aimed to be an alternative to Mathematica. Ultimately, you will have to look at the packages, see their features, perhaps try them for a while (they are all free software, so the only cost is your time), and decide for yourself which one meets your needs. We can't answer that, because we don't know what you need. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
