.. _misc-sample_data_demo: misc example code: sample_data_demo.py ====================================== .. plot:: /home/tcaswell/src/p/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/misc/sample_data_demo.py :: """ Grab mpl data from the ~/.matplotlib/sample_data cache if it exists, else fetch it from GitHub and cache it """ from __future__ import print_function import matplotlib.cbook as cbook import matplotlib.pyplot as plt fname = cbook.get_sample_data('ada.png', asfileobj=False) print('fname', fname) im = plt.imread(fname) plt.imshow(im) plt.show() Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)