""" Plotting utilities and premade plot configurations
"""
[docs]def hist_overflow(val, val_max, **kwds):
""" Make a histogram with an overflow bar above val_max """
import pylab
overflow = len(val[val>=val_max])
pylab.hist(val[val<val_max], **kwds)
if 'color' in kwds:
color = kwds['color']
else:
color = None
if overflow > 0:
rect = pylab.bar(val_max+0.05, overflow, .5, color=color)[0]
pylab.text(rect.get_x(),
1.10*rect.get_height(), '%s+' % val_max)
[docs]def add_style_opt_to_parser(parser, default=None):
"""Adds an option to set the matplotlib style to a parser.
Parameters
----------
parser : argparse.ArgumentParser
The parser to add the option to.
default : str, optional
The default style to use. Default, None, will result in the default
matplotlib style to be used.
"""
from matplotlib import pyplot
parser.add_argument('--mpl-style', default=default,
choices=['default']+pyplot.style.available+['xkcd'],
help='Set the matplotlib style to use.')
[docs]def set_style_from_cli(opts):
"""Uses the mpl-style option to set the style for plots.
Note: This will change the global rcParams.
"""
from matplotlib import pyplot
if opts.mpl_style == 'xkcd':
# this is treated differently for some reason
pyplot.xkcd()
elif opts.mpl_style is not None:
pyplot.style.use(opts.mpl_style)