On 02/06/2012 02:12 PM, Debashish Saha wrote:
what is the basic difference between the commands
import pylab as *
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
import numpy as *
import pylab as * pollutes your global namespace with all kinds of
symbols. If you don't know them all, you might accidentally use one of
them in your own code, and wonder why things aren't working the way you
expected.
Better is
import pylab
and then use pylab.something to access a symbol from pylab
Some prefer
import pylab as pab
(or something)
and then use pab.something to save some typing.
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
looks in the matplotlib *package" for the module pyplot, then imports it
with a shortcut name of plt
--
DaveA
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