Is there a way to update the matplotlib plot without closing the window?

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I'm completely new to matplotlib and decently experienced but rusty with python and I'm struggling to work with matplotlib currently. I'm trying to kind of animate a point on the plot, kind of like this: https://www.desmos.com/calculator/rv8gbimhon

I've written the code for it but the plot doesn't update the point in real time during the while loop, instead, the while loop is paused until I close the plot window and the next iteration of the loop happens, re-opening the plot with the updated coords. Is there a way to move a point on matplotlib without opening and closing windows?

My code:

import numpy as np import time t = 0 start_time = time.time() while t < 30: end_time = time.time() t = end_time - start_time print(t) plt.plot(t,t,"g^") plt.show()

FredFury · Accepted Answer · 2024-02-27 13:49:07Z

One option to update the plot in a loop is to turn on interactive mode and to update the plot using pause.

For example:

import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import time point = plt.plot(0, 0, "g^")[0] plt.ylim(0, 5) plt.xlim(0, 5) plt.ion() plt.show() start_time = time.time() t = 0 while t < 4: end_time = time.time() t = end_time - start_time print(t) point.set_data(t, t) plt.pause(1e-10)

However, for more advanced animation I would propose to use the animation class.

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