Re: [Tutor] python and kiviat diagrams

2009-12-25 Thread Albert-Jan Roskam
-- On Thu, 12/24/09, Kent Johnson wrote: From: Kent Johnson Subject: Re: [Tutor] python and kiviat diagrams To: "Albert-Jan Roskam" Cc: "dwbarne" , "python tutor" Date: Thursday, December 24, 2009, 2:19 PM On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 5:27 PM, Albert-Jan Roskam wr

Re: [Tutor] python and kiviat diagrams

2009-12-24 Thread Kent Johnson
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 5:27 PM, Albert-Jan Roskam wrote: > > I was studying the code on > http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/api/radar_chart.html. > Isn't it very unusual that a class is defined within a function? Unusual, but not un-heard of. Usually the function is a factory function

Re: [Tutor] python and kiviat diagrams

2009-12-23 Thread Emile van Sebille
On 12/23/2009 2:27 PM Albert-Jan Roskam said... I was studying the code on http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/api/radar_chart.html. Isn't it very unusual that a class is defined within a function? Not when defining factory creation functions which a quick look at this code confirms

Re: [Tutor] python and kiviat diagrams

2009-12-23 Thread Albert-Jan Roskam
wrote: From: Kent Johnson Subject: Re: [Tutor] python and kiviat diagrams To: dwba...@earthlink.net Cc: "python tutor" Date: Tuesday, December 22, 2009, 10:45 PM On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 1:18 PM,  wrote: > One of the drawbacks of Matplotlib is that it does not have the capability of

Re: [Tutor] python and kiviat diagrams

2009-12-22 Thread dwbarne
n >Sent: Dec 22, 2009 4:45 PM >To: dwba...@earthlink.net >Cc: python tutor >Subject: Re: [Tutor] python and kiviat diagrams > >On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 1:18 PM, wrote: >> One of the drawbacks of Matplotlib is that it does not have the capability >> of drawing Kiviat

Re: [Tutor] python and kiviat diagrams

2009-12-22 Thread Hilton Garcia Fernandes
v0.99. A small step in numbers, but a giant leap in > capability! > > Thanks! Looks like Matplotlib will do the trick after all. > > Daniel > > > -Original Message- > > >From: Kent Johnson > >Sent: Dec 22, 2009 4:45 PM > >To: dwba...@earthlink

Re: [Tutor] python and kiviat diagrams

2009-12-22 Thread Hilton Garcia Fernandes
Congratulations ! It looks like matplotlib does the trick. I became an rpy evangelist because this binding connect two very interesting, powerful and flexible things: R and Python. Thanks, hilton On Tuesday 22 December 2009 19:45:18 Kent Johnson wrote: > On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 1:18 PM,

Re: [Tutor] python and kiviat diagrams

2009-12-22 Thread Kent Johnson
On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 1:18 PM, wrote: > One of the drawbacks of Matplotlib is that it does not have the capability of > drawing Kiviat diagrams. > > Does anyone know of a software package for drawing Kiviat diagrams written in > Python? I don't know what a Kiviat diagram is but the images go

Re: [Tutor] python and kiviat diagrams

2009-12-22 Thread Hilton Garcia Fernandes
Hello Daniel. There's a statistical package named R, from http://r-project.org that has pretty much everything related to statistics and data analysis. Kiviat diagrams, also known as star plots, or web plots etc., are among its abilities -- directly or using packages like 'rela' or 'homals',

[Tutor] python and kiviat diagrams

2009-12-22 Thread dwbarne
One of the drawbacks of Matplotlib is that it does not have the capability of drawing Kiviat diagrams. Does anyone know of a software package for drawing Kiviat diagrams written in Python? Daniel ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe