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Starter Python script for making animations with matplotlib
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import argparse | |
import numpy as np | |
import h5py | |
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt | |
from matplotlib.animation import FuncAnimation | |
class TrackFigure(object): | |
def __init__(self, fig, filename): | |
self.file = h5py.File(filename, 'r') | |
self.ax1 = fig.add_subplot(1, 1, 1) | |
self.line, = self.ax1.plot([], [], '-o') | |
self.ax1.set_xlim(0, 100) | |
self.ax1.set_ylim(0, 100) | |
def load_frame(self, frame): | |
self.line.set_data(range(frame), range(frame)) | |
return self.line, | |
def make_animation(filename): | |
fig = plt.figure(figsize=[10,6]) | |
animation = FuncAnimation( | |
fig, | |
TrackFigure(fig, filename).load_frame, | |
frames=range(100), | |
interval=20, | |
blit=True) | |
plt.show() | |
if __name__ == "__main__": | |
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() | |
parser.add_argument("filename") | |
args = parser.parse_args() | |
make_animation(args.filename) |
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