I need to draw a plot looks like this:
Is it possible? How can I do this?
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I believe the key word is "stripchart". Maybe you can adapt matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/animation/… ?XTL– XTL2012-05-21 05:28:27 +00:00Commented May 21, 2012 at 5:28
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2Is there any reason you can't just flip the x and y coordinates?Karmel– Karmel2012-05-21 05:46:55 +00:00Commented May 21, 2012 at 5:46
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I don't know what is your data for ... but here is a 'vertical' plot of hypothetical oxygen levels in near sea surface...
Note that nothing special is required. Simply order your x and y values such that a line drawn from the first coordinate to the second and so on gives the vertical line you desire.
(The one special thing I've done here -- which may or may not be what you want -- is put the xticks at the top of the plot, using tick_top.)
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
# define data
Oxygen = [ 0.1 , 0.5, 1, 10, 15, 20, 15, 10, 1, 0.5, 0.5]
Depth = [ 0, 1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, 40 ]
fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
ax.plot(Oxygen, Depth, 'go--')
ax.xaxis.tick_top()
ax.set_ylabel('depth')
ax.set_ylim(50, 0)
ax.set_xlim(0, 25)
ax.set_xlabel('Oxygen level [ppm]')
plt.show()
This yields:
I hope it helps ...
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oz123
@wtm, notice that one little improvement you could do for aesthetic appeal, is to put the xtitle (Oxygen level) on top, instead of where it is now. But I won't spoil all the fun and let you discover alone ;-)