Phython and graphing

Larry Bates larry.bates at websafe.com
Thu Apr 20 19:51:57 EDT 2006


mostro wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Can someone lead me to an easy way to create a graph in Python.
> 
> For example, I have a script running that creates a list of dates,
> times and values. I would like to turn this into a graph.
> 
> I can grep the info into a new file creating two columns (x,y) but the
> issue is the graph.
> 
> P.S. I'm a Python newbie so keep that in mind.
> 
> Thanks in advance...
> 
Another possibility would be ReportLab Graphics (www.reportlab.com).
It can create bar charts, line graphs, etc.  It is lesser known than
its big brother ReportLab PDF generator, but works equally well.  In
addition, it works well if you want to put graphs into .PDF documents.

-Larry Bates



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