Errorbar Subsample

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)
y1 = np.exp(-1.0 * x)
y2 = np.exp(-0.5 * x)

# example variable error bar values
y1err = 0.1 + 0.1 * np.sqrt(x)
y2err = 0.1 + 0.1 * np.sqrt(x/2)


# Now switch to a more OO interface to exercise more features.
fig, (ax_l, ax_c, ax_r) = plt.subplots(nrows=1, ncols=3,
                                       sharex=True, figsize=(12, 6))

ax_l.set_title('all errorbars')
ax_l.errorbar(x, y1, yerr=y1err)
ax_l.errorbar(x, y2, yerr=y2err)

ax_c.set_title('only every 6th errorbar')
ax_c.errorbar(x, y1, yerr=y1err, errorevery=6)
ax_c.errorbar(x, y2, yerr=y2err, errorevery=6)

ax_r.set_title('second series shifted by 3')
ax_r.errorbar(x, y1, yerr=y1err, errorevery=(0, 6))
ax_r.errorbar(x, y2, yerr=y2err, errorevery=(3, 6))

fig.suptitle('Errorbar subsampling for better appearance')
plt.show()