# HG changeset patch # User amit@thunder # Date 1270476204 -19800 # Node ID 4ec2ba3d96f50eda60f6e433ad78f01b6ec2b925 # Parent cdcad776b360c089eec5e51aa967bde0b767e8a3 Encorporated changes based on comments by reviewers diff -r cdcad776b360 -r 4ec2ba3d96f5 basic-plot.txt --- a/basic-plot.txt Mon Apr 05 19:27:32 2010 +0530 +++ b/basic-plot.txt Mon Apr 05 19:33:24 2010 +0530 @@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ close() now closes the figure(2). In []: close() -The plot command takes the parameters such as 'g' which generates the plot in green color. +The plot command can take the parameters such as 'g' which generates the plot in green color. Passing the linewidth=2 option to plot, generates the plot with linewidth of two units. Use Up arrow to get to the previous commands @@ -175,24 +175,40 @@ In []: clf() -In order to plot filled circles in black color you can pass 'ko' parameter to plot -In []: plot(x, cos(x), 'ko') - -In []: clf() - -A plot using dashed lines can be generated by passing the '--' parameter -In []: plot(x, sin(x), '--') You may look at more options related to colors and type of lines using plot?(question mark) +quit the documentation using Plot. + In []: clf() and finally to close the plot In []: close() +In this tutorial You learned +Ipython Features +Tab for autocompletion. +function? to look at documention +q to quit documentation. +escapping from ... prompt using Ctrl -C +quitting ipython using Ctrl-D + +The functions and commands you learnt were : +print for outping things +linspace to create equally space points +plot to get a plot +xlabel to label x-axis of plot +ylabel to label y-axis of plot +title to title a plot +legend for placing appropriate legend +annotating a plot +saving a plot +multiple plots using figure +clearing plots using clf() +and last closing plot using close() **************** -This brings us to the end of this tutorial. Thank you for attending this first tutorial on Python for Scientific Computing +This brings us to the end of this tutorial. Thank you for attending this on Python for Scientific Computing .Hope you enjoyed it and found it useful. ****************