.. _pylab_examples-load_converter:

pylab_examples example code: load_converter.py
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.. plot:: /home/tcaswell/src/p/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/pylab_examples/load_converter.py

::

    from __future__ import print_function
    import numpy as np
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import matplotlib.cbook as cbook
    import matplotlib.dates as mdates
    from matplotlib.dates import bytespdate2num
    
    datafile = cbook.get_sample_data('msft.csv', asfileobj=False)
    print('loading', datafile)
    
    dates, closes = np.loadtxt(datafile, delimiter=',',
                               converters={0: bytespdate2num('%d-%b-%y')},
                               skiprows=1, usecols=(0, 2), unpack=True)
    
    fig = plt.figure()
    ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
    ax.plot_date(dates, closes, '-')
    fig.autofmt_xdate()
    plt.show()
    

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