[Tutor] Problems with matplotlib

[Pooja Bhalode]

Hi Peter,

Thank you for that advice, that worked after I deleted the copy.py that I
had created.

Hope you are having a great weekend.

Thanks
Pooja

On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 7:32 PM, Peter Otten <__peter__ at web.de> wrote:

> Pooja Bhalode wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to create a simple normal plot. But I am getting some
> > errors which I am not able to understand. Would be a great help if
> someone
> > can guide me to what I am doing wrong.
> >
> > Thankyou so much.
> > Here is the code:
> >
> > # import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
> > from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
> > (Here, I have tried both these import statements, but both give me the
> > same error.)
> >
> > x = [1,2,4,5,6,8,9,10]
> > y = [6,7,8,9,10,11,12,14]
> > plt.figure()
> > plt.plot(x,y)
> > plt.show()
> >
> > Error:
> >
> > /Users/poojabhalode/.bash_profile: line 1: .bashrc: No such file or
> > directory
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "/Users/poojabhalode/Google Drive/GUI Python/matplot.py", line 3,
> >   in
> > <module>
> >     from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
> >   File
> >
> "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/
> Extras/lib/python/matplotlib/__init__.py",
> > line 123, in <module>
> >     import pyparsing
> >   File
> >
> "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/
> Extras/lib/python/pyparsing.py",
> > line 3260, in <module>
> >     _reBracketExpr = Literal("[") + Optional("^").setResultsName("
> negate")
> > + Group( OneOrMore( _charRange | _singleChar ) ).setResultsName("body") +
> > "]"
> >   File
> >
> "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/
> Extras/lib/python/pyparsing.py",
> > line 775, in setResultsName
> >     newself = self.copy()
> >   File
> >
> "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/
> Extras/lib/python/pyparsing.py",
> > line 749, in copy
> >     cpy = copy.copy( self )
> > AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'copy'
> > [Finished in 2.4s with exit code 1]
> > [shell_cmd: python -u "/Users/poojabhalode/Google Drive/GUI
> > Python/matplot.py"]
> > [dir: /Users/poojabhalode/Google Drive/GUI Python]
> > [path: /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin]
> >
> > I am running this on the inbuilt python in Mac10.12
> > When I try running the same in terminal it works, but here it is not able
> > to compile.
> > Please let me know.
>
> You have a file copy.py, probably written by yourself, that shades the copy
> module in Python's standard library. To locate this module (if it is not in
> the current working directory) add the lines
>
> import copy
> print copy.__file__
>
> If I'm guessing right everything should work after you have removed the
> pyc-
> file and renamed the corresponding copy.py.
>
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