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sprogg
sprogg

Reputation: 23

Value error x and y must be same size, but they are?

I'm trying to plot to numpy arrays both of length 10 against one another:

mass_frac_plot = plt.figure()
mass_frac = mass_frac_plot.add_subplot(1, 1, 1)
mass_frac.scatter(mass_frac, homogen_frac)

I get this:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./plot.py", line 58, in <module>
    mass_frac.scatter(mass_frac, homogen_frac)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py", line 1811, in inner
    return func(ax, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py", line 3836, in scatter
    raise ValueError("x and y must be the same size")

Help! They really are both arrays and of length 10...

print(type(mass_frac), len(mass_frac))
print(mass_frac)
print(type(homogen_frac), len(homogen_frac))
print(homogen_frac)

Gives this: 

<class 'numpy.ndarray'> 10
[ 3.67  3.6   4.45  3.74  4.93  4.35  3.89  5.62  4.73  3.83]
<class 'numpy.ndarray'> 10
[  98.02982123   96.82921968   88.8207858    83.37174016   75.55236146
87.71156752   91.95410515   66.34245085   77.63112123  119.74640558]

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3051

Answers (1)

DSM
DSM

Reputation: 353499

Help! They really are both arrays and of length 10...

No, they're not:

mass_frac_plot = plt.figure()
mass_frac = mass_frac_plot.add_subplot(1, 1, 1)
^^^^^^^^^
mass_frac.scatter(mass_frac, homogen_frac)
                  ^^^^^^^^^

After you execute your second line, mass_frac is clearly no longer an array at all. Instead, it'll be of type

>>> type(mass_frac)
<class 'matplotlib.axes._subplots.AxesSubplot'>

Change the variable name so you're not clobbering your array.

Upvotes: 1

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