.. _pylab_examples-errorbar_subsample: pylab_examples example code: errorbar_subsample.py ================================================== .. plot:: /home/tcaswell/source/p/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/pylab_examples/errorbar_subsample.py :: ''' Demo for the errorevery keyword to show data full accuracy data plots with few errorbars. ''' import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt # example data x = np.arange(0.1, 4, 0.1) y = np.exp(-x) # example variable error bar values yerr = 0.1 + 0.1*np.sqrt(x) # Now switch to a more OO interface to exercise more features. fig, axs = plt.subplots(nrows=1, ncols=2, sharex=True) ax = axs[0] ax.errorbar(x, y, yerr=yerr) ax.set_title('all errorbars') ax = axs[1] ax.errorbar(x, y, yerr=yerr, errorevery=5) ax.set_title('only every 5th errorbar') fig.suptitle('Errorbar subsampling for better visualibility') plt.show() Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)