simona bellavista wrote: > Hi, I am quite new to python and I am trying to do some simple plots. > I am using python Python 2.6.4 and numpy/1.5.1 > I have an ASCII data file that I am reading with the following lines > of code: > > import pylab > import numpy as np > > filename='something.dat' > file = open(filename) > > rho = np.array([], dtype = 'float64') > entropy = np.array([], dtype = 'float64') > for line in file: > columns = line.split() > rho = np.append(rho,columns[0])
You have to convert the string to a float, e. g. rho = np.append(rho, np.float64(columns[0])) > entropy = np.append(entropy,columns[1]) > > and rho and entropy are apparently read correctly, but when I look to > the data type > > print rho.dtype > print entropy.dtype > > I get |S22 , what's that? > Then I want to plot a logarithmic plot and I do > > pylab.plot(np.log(rho), entropy) > > and I get > > NotImplementedError: Not implemented for this type > > Does anybody has a clue? I do not know how to proceed It should be easier to use numpy.loadtxt(): with open(filename) as f: a = np.loadtxt(f) rho = a[..., 0] entropy = a[..., 1] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list