[Tutor] question about pylab

[shawn bright]

hey there,
i am trying to use a graph and chart app called matplotlib, but i cannot
figgure out how to have it plot a simple chart over time.
the docs say to use the function plot_date() but i cannot seem to get the
values to agree.
I am sending datetimes to the charting app for x, and the y is a list of
values that the our equipment reports.
sometimes there are lots of reports in a row, and i would like the chart to
show it like that instead of plotting out every time as an evenly spaced
tick on the x scale. Does this make any sense, what i am after here? Anyway,
if any of you have much experience with this sort of thing, or may suggest a
package (pylab is my first attempt) please send me some advice.

thanks for your time,
sk
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