multiple-plots.rst
changeset 184 a005328abdf0
parent 165 53df732199a1
child 207 2f30ecfd6007
--- a/multiple-plots.rst	Wed Sep 22 20:01:59 2010 +0530
+++ b/multiple-plots.rst	Wed Sep 22 21:49:08 2010 +0530
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@
 
 In this tutorial, we will learn how to draw more than one plot, how to
 add legends to each plot to indicate what each plot represents. We
-will also learn how to switch between the plots and creating multiple
+will also learn how to switch between the plots and create multiple
 plots with different regular axes which are also called as subplots.
 
+.. #[Nishanth]: See diff - edited a grammatical mistake
+
 {{{ Shift to terminal and start ipython -pylab }}}
 
 To begin with let us start ipython with pylab, by typing::
@@ -25,6 +27,11 @@
 linspace command creates 10 points in the interval between 0 and 50
 both inclusive. We assign these values to a variable called x.
 
+.. #[Nishanth]: pre requisite for this LO is basic plotting which
+                covers linspace and plot. So you may not need to 
+                specify all that again. But not a problem if it is
+                there also.
+
 Now let us draw a plot simple sine plot using these points::
 
   plot(x, sin(x))
@@ -34,9 +41,11 @@
 {{{ Switch to the plot window }}}
 
 Oh! wait! Is that a nice sine plot? Does a sine plot actually look
-like that? We know that a sine plot is a smooth curve is it not? What
+like that? We know that a sine plot is a smooth curve. Is it not? What
 really caused this?
 
+.. #[Nishanth]: See diff
+
 {{{ pause for a while }}}
 
 A small investigation on linspace tells us that we chose too few
@@ -44,6 +53,11 @@
 smooth. So now let us use linspace again to get 500 points between 0
 and 100 and draw the sine plot
 
+.. #[Nishanth]: Here specify that when we do plot(x, sin(x) 
+                it is actually plotting two sets of points
+                and not analytical functions. Hence the sharp 
+                curve.
+
 {{{ Switch to ipython andtype }}} ::
 
   y = linspace(0, 50, 500)
@@ -78,6 +92,14 @@
 Now we have two plots, a sine plot and a cosine plot one overlaid upon
 the other.
 
+.. #[Nishanth]: figure(1) and figure(2) give two different plots.
+                The remaining script moves on the fact that they 
+                give overlaid plots which is not the case.
+                So clear the figure and plot cos and sin without
+                introducing figure command. Then introduce legend
+                and finish off the everything on legend.
+                Then introduce figure command.
+
 {{{ Have both plot window and ipython side by side }}}
 
 The figure command takes an integer as an argument which is the serial
@@ -107,6 +129,9 @@
 
   legend(['sin(x)', 'cos(x)'])
 
+.. #[Nishanth]: This legend may go up in the script. May be before 
+                introducing the figure command itself.
+
 The legend command takes a single list of parameters where each
 parameter is the text indicating the plots in the order of their
 serial number.
@@ -172,8 +197,15 @@
 100 and y-axis varies from 0 to 1 where as for the parabolic plot the
 x-axis varies from 0 to 10 and y-axis varies from 0 to 100
 
+.. #[Nishanth]: stress on the similarity between subplot and figure commands
+
 {{{ Show summary slide }}}
 
+.. #[Nishanth]: Exercises are missing in the script
+                one exercise for overlaid plot and legend
+                one for figure command
+                one for subplot must do
+
 This brings us to the end of another session. In this tutorial session
 we learnt
 
@@ -184,6 +216,8 @@
  * the legend command and
  * creating and switching between subplots
 
+.. #[Nishanth]: legend command can be told right after overlaid plots
+
 {{{ Show the "sponsored by FOSSEE" slide }}}
 
 This tutorial was created as a part of FOSSEE project, NME ICT, MHRD India
@@ -193,6 +227,6 @@
  
 .. Author              : Madhu
    Internal Reviewer 1 :         [potential reviewer: Puneeth]
-   Internal Reviewer 2 :         [potential reviewer: Nishanth]
+   Internal Reviewer 2 : Nishanth
    External Reviewer   :