Can I generate and show a different image during each loop with Matplotlib?

Question

I am new to Matplotlib and Python. I mostly use Matlab. Currently, I am working with a Python code where I want to run a loop. In each loop, I will do some data processing a

Answer 1

try this:

import numpy
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt

if __name__ == '__main__':
    x = [1, 2, 3]
    plt.ion() # turn on interactive mode
    for loop in range(0,3):
        y = numpy.dot(x, loop)
        plt.figure()
        plt.plot(x,y)
        plt.show()
        _ = input("Press [enter] to continue.")

if you want to close the previous plot, before showing the next one:

import numpy
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
if __name__ == '__main__':
    x = [1, 2, 3]
    plt.ion() # turn on interactive mode, non-blocking `show`
    for loop in range(0,3):
        y = numpy.dot(x, loop)
        plt.figure()   # create a new figure
        plt.plot(x,y)  # plot the figure
        plt.show()     # show the figure, non-blocking
        _ = input("Press [enter] to continue.") # wait for input from the user
        plt.close()    # close the figure to show the next one.

plt.ion() turns on interactive mode making plt.show non-blocking.

and heres is a duplicate of your matlab code:

import numpy
import time
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt

if __name__ == '__main__':
    x = [1, 2, 3]
    plt.ion()
    for loop in xrange(1, 4):
        y = numpy.dot(loop, x)
        plt.close()
        plt.figure()
        plt.plot(x,y)
        plt.draw()
        time.sleep(2)