""" Example: simple line plot. Show how to make and save a simple line plot with labels, title and grid """ from __future__ import print_function # not necessary in Python 3.x import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np import time plt.ion() t = np.arange(0.0, 1.0 + 0.001, 0.001) s = np.cos(2*2*np.pi*t) plt.plot(t, s, '-', lw=2) plt.xlabel('time (s)') plt.ylabel('voltage (mV)') plt.title('About as simple as it gets, folks') plt.grid(True) frames = 100.0 t = time.time() c = time.clock() for i in range(int(frames)): part = i / frames plt.axis([0.0, 1.0 - part, -1.0 + part, 1.0 - part]) wallclock = time.time() - t user = time.clock() - c print("wallclock:", wallclock) print("user:", user) print("fps:", frames / wallclock)