.. _pylab_examples-load_converter:

pylab_examples example code: load_converter.py
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.. plot:: /home/mandrake/rpm/BUILD/matplotlib-1.1.1/doc/mpl_examples/pylab_examples/load_converter.py

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    from matplotlib.dates import strpdate2num
    #from matplotlib.mlab import load
    import numpy as np
    from pylab import figure, show
    import matplotlib.cbook as cbook
    
    datafile = cbook.get_sample_data('msft.csv', asfileobj=False)
    print 'loading', datafile
    
    dates, closes = np.loadtxt(
        datafile, delimiter=',',
        converters={0:strpdate2num('%d-%b-%y')},
        skiprows=1, usecols=(0,2), unpack=True)
    
    fig = figure()
    ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
    ax.plot_date(dates, closes, '-')
    fig.autofmt_xdate()
    show()
    

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