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%pylab inline
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.animation as animation
from IPython.display import HTML

fig, ax = plt.subplots()

x = np.arange(0, 2*np.pi, 0.01)
line, = ax.plot(x, np.sin(x))


def init():  # only required for blitting to give a clean slate.
    line.set_ydata([np.nan] * len(x))
    return line,


def animate(i):
    line.set_ydata(np.sin(x + i / 100))  # update the data.
    return line,


ani = animation.FuncAnimation(
    fig, animate, init_func=init, interval=2, blit=True, save_count=50)
plt.show()


Populating the interactive namespace from numpy and matplotlib

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fig, ax = plt.subplots()

ax.set_xlim(( 0, 2))
ax.set_ylim((-2, 2))

line, = ax.plot([], [], lw=2)
def init():
    line.set_data([], [])
    return (line,)

def animate(i):
    x = np.linspace(0, 2, 1000)
    y = np.sin(2 * np.pi * (x - 0.01 * i))
    line.set_data(x, y)
    return (line,)

anim = animation.FuncAnimation(fig, animate, init_func=init,
                               frames=100, interval=20, blit=True)
HTML(anim.to_html5_video())


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HTML(ani.to_html5_video())


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fig, ax = plt.subplots()
ax.set_xlim(0, 2)
ax.set_ylim(-2, 2)

x = np.linspace(0, 2, 1000)
y = np.zeros_like(x)

line, = ax.plot(x, y, lw=2)

# initialization function: plot the background of each frame
def init():
    line.set_data([], [])
    return line,

# animation function.  This is called sequentially
def animate(i):
    y = np.sin(2 * np.pi * (x - 0.01 * i))
    line.set_data(x, y)
    return line,

# call the animator.  blit=True means only re-draw the parts that have changed.
anim = animation.FuncAnimation(fig, animate, init_func=init,
                               frames=200, interval=20, blit=True)



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