Thread: Re: [Matplotlib-users] Multiple XY plots

Hi,
could you use a loop to solve it?
arr1list = [np.arange(10) + i for i in range(10)]
arr2list = [np.arange(10) -i for i in range(10)]
for arr1,arr2 in zip(arr1list,arr2list):
 plot(arr1,arr2)
you can use a more object oriented way:
fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot()
for arr1,arr2 in zip(arr1list,arr2list):
 ax.plot(arr1,arr2)
code not tested.
cheers,
Chao
On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 4:17 AM, lkz2366 [via matplotlib] <
ml-...@n5...> wrote:
> I am confused on how to plot a variable number of XY plots on a single
> chart. I want to superimpose XY plots on a single chart but the number of
> plots is unknown until runtime.
> For example, if I want to plot 4 plots the code would be:
> figure()
> plot(x1,y1,x2,y2,x3,y3,x4,y4)
> show()
>
> But the number of plots is variable and could be anywhere from 5-30. Any
> ideas on how I can do this?
> I already have the rest of my program working. The program reads all of
> the data from all of the files in a target directory and writes the data to
> X and Y lists.
> Thanks for any help.
>
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Ok, I finally got it working after a couple of hours of experimenting. I
couldn't figure out how to get your methods to work, maybe because I'm such
a novice at Python. But, it was as easy as using a simple 'for' loop.
num = the number of lists to plot
time = a list of lists
volts = a list of lists
figure()
for x in range(0,num):
 plot(time[x],volt[x])
show()
<http://matplotlib.1069221.n5.nabble.com/file/n40498/screenshot.png> 
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