Recently, I have been trying to test Python as an alternative to Matlab. I have problems getting matplotlib to work on Windows (ActivePython 2.4.2). After installing the precompiled binary packages for NumPy 0.9.5 and Matplotlib 0.87.1, I get this error message:
>>> import pylab as p Traceback (most recent call last): File "<pyshell#4>", line 1, in ? import pylab as p File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\pylab.py", line 1, in ? from matplotlib.pylab import * File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\pylab.py", line 196, in ? import cm File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\cm.py", line 5, in ? import colors File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\colors.py", line 33, in ? from numerix import array, arange, take, put, Float, Int, where, \ File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\numerix\__init__.py", line 61, in ? from _nc_imports import nx, inf, infinity, Infinity File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\numerix\_nc_imports.py", line 25, in ? inf = infty = infinity = Infinity = (array([1])/0.0)[0] TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for /: 'numpy.ndarray' and 'float' >>> Sturla Molden -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list