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How to split data into two graphs with mat plot lib

I would be so thankful if someone would be able to help me with this. I am creating a graph in matplotib however I would to love to split up the 14 lines created from the while loop into the x and y values of P, so instead of plt.plot(t,P) it would be plt.plot(t,((P[1])[0]))) and
plt.plot(t,((P[1])[1]))). I would love if someone could help me very quick, it should be easy but i am just getting errors with the arrays
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#Altering Alpha in Tumor Cells vs PACCs
#What is alpha? α = Rate of conversion of cancer cells to PACCs
import numpy as np
from scipy.integrate import odeint
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from google.colab import files
value = -6
counter = -1
array = []
pac = []
while value <= 0:
def modelP(x,t):
P, C = x
λc = 0.0601
K = 2000
α = 1 * (10**value)
ν = 1 * (10**-6)
λp = 0.1
γ = 2
#returning odes
dPdt = ((λp))*P*(1-(C+(γ*P))/K)+ (α*C)
dCdt = ((λc)*C)*(1-(C+(γ*P))/K)-(α*C) + (ν***P)
return dPdt, dCdt
#initial
C0= 256
P0 = 0
Pinit = [P0,C0]
#time points
t = np.linspace(0,730)
#solve odes
P = odeint(modelP,Pinit,t)
plt.plot(t,P)
value += 1
#plot results
plt.xlabel('Time [days]')
plt.ylabel('Number of PACCs')
plt.show()
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You can use subplots() to create two subplots and then plot the individual line into the plot you need. To do this, firstly add the subplots at the start (before the while loop) by adding this line...
fig, ax = plt.subplots(2,1) ## Plot will 2 rows, 1 column... change if required
Then... within the while loop, replace the plotting line...
plt.plot(t,P)
with (do take care of the space so that the lines are within while loop)
if value < -3: ## I am using value = -3 as the point of split, change as needed
ax[0].plot(t,P)#, ax=ax[0]) ## Add to first plot
else:
ax[1].plot(t,P)#,ax=ax[1]) ## Add to second plot
This will give a plot like this.

Improving for loop performance and customizing graphs

I have created a code that returns the output that I am after - 2 graphs with multiple lines on each graph. However, the code is slow and quite big (in terms of how many lines of code it takes). I am interested in any improvements I can make that will help me to get such graphs faster, and make my code more presentable.
Additionally, I would like to add more to my graphs (axis names and titles is what I am after). Normally, I would use plt.xlabel,plt.ylabel and plt.title to do so, however I couldn't quite understand how to use them here. The aim here is to add a line to each graph after each loop ( I have adapted this piece of code to do so).
I should note that I need to use Python for this task (so I cannot change to anything else) and I do need Sympy library to find values that are plotted in my graphs.
My code so far is as follows:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import sympy as sym
import numpy as np
sym.init_printing()
x, y = sym.symbols('x, y') # defining our unknown probabilities
al = np.arange(20,1000,5).reshape((196,1)) # values of alpha/beta
prob_of_strA = []
prob_of_strB = []
colours=['r','g','b','k','y']
pen_values = [[0,-5,-10,-25,-50],[0,-25,-50,-125,-250]]
fig1, ax1 = plt.subplots()
fig2, ax2 = plt.subplots()
for j in range(0,len(pen_values[1])):
for i in range(0,len(al)): # choosing the value of beta
A = sym.Matrix([[10, 50], [int(al[i]), pen_values[0][j]]]) # defining matrix A
B = sym.Matrix([[pen_values[1][j], 50], [int(al[i]), 10]]) # defining matrix B
sigma_r = sym.Matrix([[x, 1-x]]) # defining the vector of probabilities
sigma_c = sym.Matrix([y, 1-y]) # defining the vector of probabilities
ts1 = A * sigma_c ; ts2 = sigma_r * B # defining our utilities
y_sol = sym.solvers.solve(ts1[0] - ts1[1],y,dict = True) # solving for y
x_sol = sym.solvers.solve(ts2[0] - ts2[1],x,dict = True) # solving for x
prob_of_strA.append(y_sol[0][y]) # adding the value of y to the vector
prob_of_strB.append(x_sol[0][x]) # adding the value of x to the vector
ax1.plot(al,prob_of_strA,colours[j],label = ["penalty = " + str(pen_values[0][j])]) # plotting value of y for a given penalty value
ax2.plot(al,prob_of_strB,colours[j],label = ["penalty = " + str(pen_values[1][j])]) # plotting value of x for a given penalty value
ax1.legend() # showing the legend
ax2.legend() # showing the legend
prob_of_strA = [] # emptying the vector for the next round
prob_of_strB = [] # emptying the vector for the next round

You can save a couple of lines by initializing your empty vectors inside the loop. You don't have to bother re-defining them at the end.
for j in range(0,len(pen_values[1])):
prob_of_strA = []
prob_of_strB = []
for i in range(0,len(al)): # choosing the value of beta
A = sym.Matrix([[10, 50], [int(al[i]), pen_values[0][j]]]) # defining matrix A
B = sym.Matrix([[pen_values[1][j], 50], [int(al[i]), 10]]) # defining matrix B
sigma_r = sym.Matrix([[x, 1-x]]) # defining the vector of probabilities
sigma_c = sym.Matrix([y, 1-y]) # defining the vector of probabilities
ts1 = A * sigma_c ; ts2 = sigma_r * B # defining our utilities
y_sol = sym.solvers.solve(ts1[0] - ts1[1],y,dict = True) # solving for y
x_sol = sym.solvers.solve(ts2[0] - ts2[1],x,dict = True) # solving for x
prob_of_strA.append(y_sol[0][y]) # adding the value of y to the vector
prob_of_strB.append(x_sol[0][x]) # adding the value of x to the vector
ax1.plot(al,prob_of_strA,colours[j],label = ["penalty = " + str(pen_values[0][j])]) # plotting value of y for a given penalty value
ax2.plot(al,prob_of_strB,colours[j],label = ["penalty = " + str(pen_values[1][j])]) # plotting value of x for a given penalty value
ax1.legend() # showing the legend
ax2.legend() # showing the legend

Animation using matplotlib query

I am trying to animate a plot of two distinct points (blue and green points) moving about the complex unit circle using Python's Matplotlib library. The problem I am having is that the animation does not remove and update the previous data points but rather sequentially smears it on the unit sphere as in the accompanying image. Hence the animation is just a smudging of the various data points as shown in the image. What I am trying to achieve is two distinct points moving about the unit circle as a function of time.
The following is the part of my code where I call 'animation.FuncAnimation' using data in arrays which I call 'A' and 'B'.
##Python Code for Executing Animation##
import matplotlib.animation as animation
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
from pylab import *
#Example Data
A = array([0., 0.03435915, 0.06328989, 0.0880305, 0.14199928, 0.2044361, 0.26287941, 0.32484623])
B = array([ 1.75, 1.71564086, 1.69358362, 1.68499179, 1.68255084, 1.67808712, 1.66169597, 1.64407287])
# Total time.
T = 1.0
# Number of steps.
NS = 100
# Time step size
dt = T/NS
t = np.linspace(0.0, NS*dt, NS+1)
# So here are a few utility functions for multiplying scalars and vectors.
# a scalar times a vector returns a vector
def scale_vector(scale, vector):
result = [0]*len(vector)
for i in range(len(result)):
result[i] = scale * vector[i]
return result
# dot product of two vectors = sum(x[0]*y[0] + ... + x[n-1]*y[n-1])
def vector_dot(vector1, vector2):
result = 0
for i in range(len(vector1)):
result += vector1[i] * vector2[i]
return result
# return real part of a vector
def real_vector(vector):
return map(lambda x: x.real, vector)
# return imaginary part of a vector
def imag_vector(vector):
return map(lambda x: x.imag, vector)
## Creating complex unit circle
r = []
im = []
def main():
# Generate numbers around the complex unit circle.
N = 128
theta = scale_vector(2*pi/N, range(N))
exp_theta = map(lambda x: exp(1j * x), theta)
real_part = real_vector(exp_theta)
imag_part = imag_vector(exp_theta)
r.append(real_part)
im.append(imag_part)
# And wait until the user is done with it.
done = raw_input("done? ")
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
#Form two arrays which have the real and imaginary components of the unit circle
r2 = r[0][:]
im2 = im[0][:]
##Code for Animation##
Aan = np.zeros([len(A),2], float)
for i in range(2):
for j in range(len(A)):
if i == 0:
Aan[j][i] = math.cos(A[j])
elif i == 1:
Aan[j][i] = math.sin(A[j])
Ban = np.zeros([len(B),2], float)
for i in range(2):
for j in range(len(B)):
if i == 0:
Ban[j][i] = math.cos(B[j])
elif i == 1:
Ban[j][i] = math.sin(B[j])
##Plots and animation
fig = figure()
plt.title('Phase Space')
plt.xlabel('Re')
plt.ylabel('Im')
#Plots complex unit circle
plot1 = plt.plot(r2,im2, color = 'g',alpha = 0.4)
#Animation functions
def animate(i):
plot(Aan[i, 0], Aan[i, 1], color='blue', marker= 'o')
plot(Ban[i, 0], Ban[i, 1], color='orange', marker= 'o')
ani = animation.FuncAnimation(fig, animate, interval=101)
show()
Can anyone advise on how this problem could be solved?

Plot creates a new object on the canvas which is not cleared automatically at the next plot.
If you would like to redraw the figure, you can call the cla method and plot the data again.
Or you can update the previously plotted data as it is described in the last example of animation API documentation.

Python plotting to different figures fails

EDIT: I figured out that the Problem always occours if one tries to plot to two different lists of figures. Does that mean that one can not do plots to different figure-lists in the same loop? See latest code for much simpler sample of a problem.
I try to analyze a complex set of data which consists basically about measurements of electric devices under different conditions. Hence, the code is a bit more complex but I tried to strip it down to a working example - however it is still pretty long. Hence, let me explain what you see: You see 3 classes with Transistor representing an electronic device. It's attribute Y represents the measurement data - consisting of 2 sets of measurements. Each Transistor belongs to a group - 2 in this example. And some groups belong to the same series - one series where both groups are included in this example.
The aim is now to plot all measurement data for each Transistor (not shown), then to also plot all data belonging to the same group in one plot each and all data of the same series to one plot. In order to program it in an efficent way without having a lot of loops my idea was to use the object orientated nature of matplotlib - I will have figures and subplots for each level of plotting (initialized in initGrpPlt and initSeriesPlt) which are then filled with only one loop over all Transistors (in MainPlt: toGPlt and toSPlt). In the end it should only be printed / saved to a file / whatever (PltGrp and PltSeries).
The Problem: Even though I specify where to plot, python plots the series plots into the group plots. You can check this yourself by running the code with the line 'toSPlt(trans,j)' and without. I have no clue why python does this because in the function toSPlt I explicetly say that python should use the subplots from the series-subplot-list. Would anyone have an idea to why this is like this and how to solve this problem in an elegent way?
Read the code from the bottom to the top, that should help with understanding.
Kind regards
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.cm as cm
import numpy as np
maxNrVdrain = 2
X = np.linspace(-np.pi, np.pi, 256,endpoint=True)
A = [[1*np.cos(X),2*np.cos(X),3*np.cos(X),4*np.cos(X)],[1*np.tan(X),2*np.tan(X),3*np.tan(X),4*np.tan(X)]]
B = [[2* np.sin(X),4* np.sin(X),6* np.sin(X),8* np.sin(X)],[2*np.cos(X),4*np.cos(X),6*np.cos(X),8*np.cos(X)]]
class Transistor(object):
_TransRegistry = []
def __init__(self,y1,y2):
self._TransRegistry.append(self)
self.X = X
self.Y = [y1,y2]
self.group = ''
class Groups():
_GroupRegistry = []
def __init__(self,trans):
self._GroupRegistry.append(self)
self.transistors = [trans]
self.figlist = []
self.axlist = []
class Series():
_SeriesRegistry = []
def __init__(self,group):
self._SeriesRegistry.append(self)
self.groups = [group]
self.figlist = []
self.axlist = []
def initGrpPlt():
for group in Groups._GroupRegistry:
for j in range(maxNrVdrain):
group.figlist.append(plt.figure(j))
group.axlist.append(group.figlist[j].add_subplot(111))
return
def initSeriesPlt():
for series in Series._SeriesRegistry:
for j in range(maxNrVdrain):
series.figlist.append(plt.figure(j))
series.axlist.append(series.figlist[j].add_subplot(111))
return
def toGPlt(trans,j):
colour = cm.rainbow(np.linspace(0, 1, 4))
group = trans.group
group.axlist[j].plot(trans.X,trans.Y[j], color=colour[group.transistors.index(trans)], linewidth=1.5, linestyle="-")
return
def toSPlt(trans,j):
colour = cm.rainbow(np.linspace(0, 1, 2))
series = Series._SeriesRegistry[0]
group = trans.group
if group.transistors.index(trans) == 0:
series.axlist[j].plot(trans.X,trans.Y[j],color=colour[series.groups.index(group)], linewidth=1.5, linestyle="-", label = 'T = nan, RH = nan' )
else:
series.axlist[j].plot(trans.X,trans.Y[j],color=colour[series.groups.index(group)], linewidth=1.5, linestyle="-")
return
def PltGrp(group,j):
ax = group.axlist[j]
ax.set_title('Test Grp')
return
def PltSeries(series,j):
ax = series.axlist[j]
ax.legend(loc='upper right', frameon=False)
ax.set_title('Test Series')
return
def MainPlt():
initGrpPlt()
initSeriesPlt()
for trans in Transistor._TransRegistry:
for j in range(maxNrVdrain):
toGPlt(trans,j)
toSPlt(trans,j)#plots to group plot for some reason
for j in range(maxNrVdrain):
for group in Groups._GroupRegistry:
PltGrp(group,j)
plt.show()
return
def Init():
for j in range(4):
trans = Transistor(A[0][j],A[1][j])
if j == 0:
Groups(trans)
else:
Groups._GroupRegistry[0].transistors.append(trans)
trans.group = Groups._GroupRegistry[0]
Series(Groups._GroupRegistry[0])
for j in range(4):
trans = Transistor(B[0][j],B[1][j])
if j == 0:
Groups(trans)
else:
Groups._GroupRegistry[1].transistors.append(trans)
trans.group = Groups._GroupRegistry[1]
Series._SeriesRegistry[0].groups.append(Groups._GroupRegistry[1])
return
def main():
Init()
MainPlt()
return
main()
latest example that does not work:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.cm as cm
import numpy as np
X = np.linspace(-np.pi, np.pi, 256,endpoint=True)
Y1 = np.cos(X)
Y2 = np.sin(X)
figlist1 = []
figlist2 = []
axlist1 = []
axlist2 = []
for j in range(4):
figlist1.append(plt.figure(j))
axlist1.append(figlist1[j].add_subplot(111))
figlist2.append(plt.figure(j))#this should be a new set of figures!
axlist2.append(figlist2[j].add_subplot(111))
colour = cm.rainbow(np.linspace(0, 1, 4))
axlist1[j].plot(X,j*Y1, color=colour[j], linewidth=1.5, linestyle="-")
axlist1[j].set_title('Test Grp 1')
colour = cm.rainbow(np.linspace(0, 1, 4))
axlist2[j].plot(X,j*Y2, color=colour[int(j/2)], linewidth=1.5, linestyle="-")
axlist2[j].set_title('Test Grp 2')
plt.show()

Ok, stupid mistake if one thinks of the Background but maybe someone has a similar Problem and is unable to see the cause as I was first. So here is the solution:
The Problem is that the Name of the listobjects like figlist1[j] do not define the figure - they are just pointers to the actual figure object. and if such an object is created by plt.figure(j) one has to make sure that j is different for each figure - hence, in a Loop where multiple figures shall be initialized one Needs to somehow Change the number of the figure or the first object will be overwritten. Hope that helps! Cheers.

In matplotlib, how can I plot a multi-colored line, like a rainbow

I would like to plot parallel lines with different colors. E.g. rather than a single red line of thickness 6, I would like to have two parallel lines of thickness 3, with one red and one blue.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Merci
Even with the smart offsetting (s. below), there is still an issue in a view that has sharp angles between consecutive points.
Zoomed view of smart offsetting:
Overlaying lines of varying thickness:

Plotting parallel lines is not an easy task. Using a simple uniform offset will of course not show the desired result. This is shown in the left picture below.
Such a simple offset can be produced in matplotlib as shown in the transformation tutorial.
Method1
A better solution may be to use the idea sketched on the right side. To calculate the offset of the nth point we can use the normal vector to the line between the n-1st and the n+1st point and use the same distance along this normal vector to calculate the offset point.
The advantage of this method is that we have the same number of points in the original line as in the offset line. The disadvantage is that it is not completely accurate, as can be see in the picture.
This method is implemented in the function offset in the code below.
In order to make this useful for a matplotlib plot, we need to consider that the linewidth should be independent of the data units. Linewidth is usually given in units of points, and the offset would best be given in the same unit, such that e.g. the requirement from the question ("two parallel lines of width 3") can be met.
The idea is therefore to transform the coordinates from data to display coordinates, using ax.transData.transform. Also the offset in points o can be transformed to the same units: Using the dpi and the standard of ppi=72, the offset in display coordinates is o*dpi/ppi. After the offset in display coordinates has been applied, the inverse transform (ax.transData.inverted().transform) allows a backtransformation.
Now there is another dimension of the problem: How to assure that the offset remains the same independent of the zoom and size of the figure?
This last point can be addressed by recalculating the offset each time a zooming of resizing event has taken place.
Here is how a rainbow curve would look like produced by this method.
And here is the code to produce the image.
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
dpi = 100
def offset(x,y, o):
""" Offset coordinates given by array x,y by o """
X = np.c_[x,y].T
m = np.array([[0,-1],[1,0]])
R = np.zeros_like(X)
S = X[:,2:]-X[:,:-2]
R[:,1:-1] = np.dot(m, S)
R[:,0] = np.dot(m, X[:,1]-X[:,0])
R[:,-1] = np.dot(m, X[:,-1]-X[:,-2])
On = R/np.sqrt(R[0,:]**2+R[1,:]**2)*o
Out = On+X
return Out[0,:], Out[1,:]
def offset_curve(ax, x,y, o):
""" Offset array x,y in data coordinates
by o in points """
trans = ax.transData.transform
inv = ax.transData.inverted().transform
X = np.c_[x,y]
Xt = trans(X)
xto, yto = offset(Xt[:,0],Xt[:,1],o*dpi/72. )
Xto = np.c_[xto, yto]
Xo = inv(Xto)
return Xo[:,0], Xo[:,1]
# some single points
y = np.array([1,2,2,3,3,0])
x = np.arange(len(y))
#or try a sinus
x = np.linspace(0,9)
y=np.sin(x)*x/3.
fig, ax=plt.subplots(figsize=(4,2.5), dpi=dpi)
cols = ["#fff40b", "#00e103", "#ff9921", "#3a00ef", "#ff2121", "#af00e7"]
lw = 2.
lines = []
for i in range(len(cols)):
l, = plt.plot(x,y, lw=lw, color=cols[i])
lines.append(l)
def plot_rainbow(event=None):
xr = range(6); yr = range(6);
xr[0],yr[0] = offset_curve(ax, x,y, lw/2.)
xr[1],yr[1] = offset_curve(ax, x,y, -lw/2.)
xr[2],yr[2] = offset_curve(ax, xr[0],yr[0], lw)
xr[3],yr[3] = offset_curve(ax, xr[1],yr[1], -lw)
xr[4],yr[4] = offset_curve(ax, xr[2],yr[2], lw)
xr[5],yr[5] = offset_curve(ax, xr[3],yr[3], -lw)
for i in range(6):
lines[i].set_data(xr[i], yr[i])
plot_rainbow()
fig.canvas.mpl_connect("resize_event", plot_rainbow)
fig.canvas.mpl_connect("button_release_event", plot_rainbow)
plt.savefig(__file__+".png", dpi=dpi)
plt.show()
Method2
To avoid overlapping lines, one has to use a more complicated solution.
One could first offset every point normal to the two line segments it is part of (green points in the picture below). Then calculate the line through those offset points and find their intersection.
A particular case would be when the slopes of two subsequent line segments equal. This has to be taken care of (eps in the code below).
from __future__ import division
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
dpi = 100
def intersect(p1, p2, q1, q2, eps=1.e-10):
""" given two lines, first through points pn, second through qn,
find the intersection """
x1 = p1[0]; y1 = p1[1]; x2 = p2[0]; y2 = p2[1]
x3 = q1[0]; y3 = q1[1]; x4 = q2[0]; y4 = q2[1]
nomX = ((x1*y2-y1*x2)*(x3-x4)- (x1-x2)*(x3*y4-y3*x4))
denom = float( (x1-x2)*(y3-y4) - (y1-y2)*(x3-x4) )
nomY = (x1*y2-y1*x2)*(y3-y4) - (y1-y2)*(x3*y4-y3*x4)
if np.abs(denom) < eps:
#print "intersection undefined", p1
return np.array( p1 )
else:
return np.array( [ nomX/denom , nomY/denom ])
def offset(x,y, o, eps=1.e-10):
""" Offset coordinates given by array x,y by o """
X = np.c_[x,y].T
m = np.array([[0,-1],[1,0]])
S = X[:,1:]-X[:,:-1]
R = np.dot(m, S)
norm = np.sqrt(R[0,:]**2+R[1,:]**2) / o
On = R/norm
Outa = On+X[:,1:]
Outb = On+X[:,:-1]
G = np.zeros_like(X)
for i in xrange(0, len(X[0,:])-2):
p = intersect(Outa[:,i], Outb[:,i], Outa[:,i+1], Outb[:,i+1], eps=eps)
G[:,i+1] = p
G[:,0] = Outb[:,0]
G[:,-1] = Outa[:,-1]
return G[0,:], G[1,:]
def offset_curve(ax, x,y, o, eps=1.e-10):
""" Offset array x,y in data coordinates
by o in points """
trans = ax.transData.transform
inv = ax.transData.inverted().transform
X = np.c_[x,y]
Xt = trans(X)
xto, yto = offset(Xt[:,0],Xt[:,1],o*dpi/72., eps=eps )
Xto = np.c_[xto, yto]
Xo = inv(Xto)
return Xo[:,0], Xo[:,1]
# some single points
y = np.array([1,1,2,0,3,2,1.,4,3]) *1.e9
x = np.arange(len(y))
x[3]=x[4]
#or try a sinus
#x = np.linspace(0,9)
#y=np.sin(x)*x/3.
fig, ax=plt.subplots(figsize=(4,2.5), dpi=dpi)
cols = ["r", "b"]
lw = 11.
lines = []
for i in range(len(cols)):
l, = plt.plot(x,y, lw=lw, color=cols[i], solid_joinstyle="miter")
lines.append(l)
def plot_rainbow(event=None):
xr = range(2); yr = range(2);
xr[0],yr[0] = offset_curve(ax, x,y, lw/2.)
xr[1],yr[1] = offset_curve(ax, x,y, -lw/2.)
for i in range(2):
lines[i].set_data(xr[i], yr[i])
plot_rainbow()
fig.canvas.mpl_connect("resize_event", plot_rainbow)
fig.canvas.mpl_connect("button_release_event", plot_rainbow)
plt.show()
Note that this method should work well as long as the offset between the lines is smaller then the distance between subsequent points on the line. Otherwise method 1 may be better suited.

The best that I can think of is to take your data, generate a series of small offsets, and use fill_between to make bands of whatever color you like.
I wrote a function to do this. I don't know what shape you're trying to plot, so this may or may not work for you. I tested it on a parabola and got decent results. You can also play around with the list of colors.
def rainbow_plot(x, y, spacing=0.1):
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
colors = ['red', 'yellow', 'green', 'cyan','blue']
top = max(y)
lines = []
for i in range(len(colors)+1):
newline_data = y - top*spacing*i
lines.append(newline_data)
for i, c in enumerate(colors):
ax.fill_between(x, lines[i], lines[i+1], facecolor=c)
return fig, ax
x = np.linspace(0,1,51)
y = 1-(x-0.5)**2
rainbow_plot(x,y)