Re: Old matplotlib animation now fails

On 2024-10-15 21:16, Martin Schöön via Python-list wrote:

Some years ago I created a Python program that reads GPS data and

It is the second to last line that throws an error:
 
l.set_data(x0, y0)
 
The error messages drills down to something called
"/home/.../matplotlib/lines.py", line 1289, in set_xdata
 
and tells me 'x must be a sequence'
 

"""
Help on function set_data in module matplotlib.lines:
>
set_data(self, *args)
     Set the x and y data.
>
     Parameters
     ----------
     *args : (2, N) array or two 1D arrays
>
     See Also
     --------
     set_xdata
     set_ydata
"""
>
So, the arguments should be arrays:
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For example:
>
     x0, y0 = np.array([0.0]), np.array([0.0])
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Has the API changed at some point?
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