Re: [Matplotlib-users] matplotlib 1.1 "TypeError: a float is required" problem

2012-01-06 Thread Mingkui Li
> 0.5. gc.set_linewidth is then called with the string '0.5' as the argument, > which triggers the error. If I replace '0.5' by 0.5, the example runs fine > with the MacOSX backend. > > Is there a reason why this needs to be a string here? I would think that > in

Re: [Matplotlib-users] matplotlib 1.1 "TypeError: a float is required" problem

2012-01-06 Thread Mingkui Li
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Re: [Matplotlib-users] matplotlib 1.1 "TypeError: a float is required" problem

2012-01-06 Thread Mingkui Li
> on Linux). > > Mike > > > On 01/06/2012 10:54 AM, Mingkui Li wrote: > > I just updated matplotlib to 1.1 and want try the new features Sankey > Diagrams > > and > Animation > > but when I try the api example cod

[Matplotlib-users] matplotlib 1.1 "TypeError: a float is required" problem

2012-01-06 Thread Mingkui Li
the code is: gc.set_linewidth(lw) I added "lw = np.float(lw)" before "gc.set_linewidth(lw)", then the example code runs successfully. Any help? Thanks for any reply. -- Mingkui Li -- Ridiculously easy VDI. W