plt13_image.py

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# 13 - image
"""
Please note, this script is for python3+.
If you are using python2+, please modify it accordingly.
"""

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

# image data
a = np.array([0.313660827978, 0.365348418405, 0.423733120134,
              0.365348418405, 0.439599930621, 0.525083754405,
              0.423733120134, 0.525083754405, 0.651536351379]).reshape(3,3)

"""
for the value of "interpolation", check this:
http://matplotlib.org/examples/images_contours_and_fields/interpolation_methods.html
for the value of "origin"= ['upper', 'lower'], check this:
http://matplotlib.org/examples/pylab_examples/image_origin.html
"""
plt.imshow(a, interpolation='nearest', cmap='bone', origin='lower')
plt.colorbar(shrink=.92)

plt.xticks(())
plt.yticks(())
plt.show()