Matplotlib animation either freezes after a few frames or just doesn't work

Question

I\'ve been trying for hours to get this simple script working, but nothing I do seems to help. It\'s a slight modification of the most basic animated plot sample code from t

Answer 1

Generally you can't use show() and draw() like this. As the Posts are suggesting, you need a small GUI loop, just look at the Animations examples on the Matplotlib page.