On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Vinayak Hegde <vinay...@gmail.com> wrote:
> How about mathplotlib ? I haven't used it (yet but am planning to play > with it for visualisation). What are the other good visualisation > libraries for python. > You mean matplotlib. It is a Python library meant for plotting and not a separate application like gnuplot. I haven't used it yet, but I understand there is some initial learning involved. Not sure if it is amenable for a rookie. > > -- Vinayak > > On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Anand Balachandran Pillai > <abpil...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Shiv Shankar <fsla...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Hello, > >> > >> I have a finite 2 dimensional plane. I have a set of co-ordinates, which > is > >> basically the movement of an object. > >> The co-ordinates are derived from a set of equations considering various > >> factors. > >> After a set of initial research and tryouts i *quickly *decided on using > * > >> pygame* to plot the co-ordinates on a 2D plane. > >> > >> > > Wrong choice. When a software exists which is the perhaps the most > > powerful plotting program *ever* written, choosing a gaming library > > for this demonstrates poor choice, unless there is a specific reason > > for that - like for example, if you are already familiar with Pygame or > > SDL. > > > > I am talking about "gnuplot" here. > > > > The commands are pretty intuitive. It gives you an interactive > > prompt, like python. For example, here is how to plot > > a curve for the function (3*x*x - 8*x) over x range of -50:50 > > and y-range of -10:100 > > > > gnuplot> plot [-30:30] [-10:500] (3*x*x - 8*x) > > > > You can also do 3-d plots. > > Here is the 3d plot of a complex function in 2d plane. > > > > gnuplot> splot [-30:30] [-10:500] (3*x*x - 8*x + y*y) > > > > Has any one in here implemented this sort of a program ? Which library > did > >> you use ? if possible could you explain why you chose the particular > >> library. > > > > > > Gnuplot is its own "programming language", but if you want a Python > > interface, try gnuplot.py. > > > > http://gnuplot-py.sourceforge.net/ > > > > > > > >> > >> > >> -- shiv > >> _______________________________________________ > >> BangPypers mailing list > >> BangPypers@python.org > >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > --Anand > > _______________________________________________ > > BangPypers mailing list > > BangPypers@python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > > > _______________________________________________ > BangPypers mailing list > BangPypers@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > -- --Anand _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
