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Last modified: December 2007

URL: http://cxc.harvard.edu/sherpabeta/plot_data.py.html
AHELP for Sherpa 4.0 Beta plot_data Context: py.sherpa

Synopsis

Send a data plot to the visualizer

Syntax

plot_data( [ id=1, [replot=False,overplot=False,clearwindow=True]] )

Description

Visualize data by data set ID.

Example

sherpa> plot_data()
sherpa> plot_data(1)
sherpa> plot_data(1,replot=True, overplot=True, clearwindow=False)

The plot_data function can be called with no arguments, in which case a plot of the data is done for the first data set with the following default settings: replot=False, overplot=False, clearwindow=True

Bugs

See the bugs pages on the Sherpa Beta website for an up-to-date listing of known bugs.

Last modified: December 2007



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