mep12 on logo.py

Author: ericmjl

examples/pylab_examples/logo.py

@@ -1,28 +1,29 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
 # This file generates the matplotlib web page logo
 
-from __future__ import print_function
-from pylab import *
+# from __future__ import print_function 
+# Above import not necessary for Python 3 onwards. Recommend taking this out in all examples.
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+import numpy as np 
 import matplotlib.cbook as cbook
 
 # convert data to mV
 datafile = cbook.get_sample_data('membrane.dat', asfileobj=False)
 print('loading', datafile)
 
-x = 1000*0.1*fromstring(open(datafile, 'rb').read(), float32)
+x = 1000*0.1*np.fromstring(open(datafile, 'rb').read(), np.float32)
 # 0.0005 is the sample interval
-t = 0.0005*arange(len(x))
-figure(1, figsize=(7, 1), dpi=100)
-ax = subplot(111, axisbg='y')
-plot(t, x)
-text(0.5, 0.5, 'matplotlib', color='r',
+t = 0.0005*np.arange(len(x))
+plt.figure(1, figsize=(7, 1), dpi=100)
+ax = plt.subplot(111, axisbg='y')
+plt.plot(t, x)
+plt.text(0.5, 0.5, 'matplotlib', color='r',
      fontsize=40, fontname=['Courier', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono'],
      horizontalalignment='center',
      verticalalignment='center',
      transform=ax.transAxes,
      )
-axis([1, 1.72, -60, 10])
-setp(gca(), 'xticklabels', [])
-setp(gca(), 'yticklabels', [])
+plt.axis([1, 1.72, -60, 10])
+plt.setp(plt.gca(), 'xticklabels', [])
+plt.setp(plt.gca(), 'yticklabels', [])
 
-show()
+plt.show()