Data.plot_xy

Data.plot_xy(xcol=None, ycol=None, fmt=None, xerr=None, yerr=None, **kargs)

Makesa simple X-Y plot of the specified data.

Parameters:

• xcol (index) – Xcolumn index or label

• ycol (index) – Y column index or label

Keyword Arguments:

• fmt (strong or sequence of strings) – Specifies the format for the plot - see matplotlib documentation for details

• xerr,yerr (index) – C

• plt.errorbar (olumns of data to get x and y errorbars from. Setting these turns the default plotter to) –

• xlabel (string) – X axes label. Default is None - guess from xvals or metadata

• ylabel (string) – Y axes label, Default is None - guess from metadata

• title (string) – Optional parameter that specifies the plot title - otherwise the current DataFile filename is used

• plotter (function) – Function to use to plot data. Defaults to plt.plot unless error bars are set

• show_plot (bool) – Turn on interfactive plotting and show plot when drawn

• save_filename (string or None) – If set to a string, save the plot with this filename

• figure (integer or matplotlib.figure or boolean) – Controls which figure is used for the plot, or if a new figure is opened.

• multiple (string) –

  how to handle multiple y-axes with a common x axis. Options are:

  • common single y-axis (default)

  • panels panels sharing common x axis

  • sub plots sub plots

  • y2 single axes with 2 y scales

• **kargs (dict) – Other arguments are passed on to the plotter.

Returns:

A matplotlib.figure instance