Apr-22-2020, 07:54 AM
I need to generate some graphs of data from an Excel sheet. I installed a trial version of MatLab and played with it a bit. It can certainly do what I need.
Then a friend said I should use Python instead. He had not used it for graphing, but had heard that it had library functions especially for graphing. So before I spend a lot of money to buy MatLab, I thought I ask here about graphing with Python.
Here's a graph that I produced with a very old shareware graphing program. The data is blood glucose readings for a diabetic. Then I used a graphics program to add the shading. The green areas are good readings, the red are not so good.
![[Image: Sample%20Graph%203%20periods%20new.jpg?dl=0]](https://www.dropbox.com/s/eegoutmyngpyitf/Sample%20Graph%203%20periods%20new.jpg?dl=0)
How difficult would it be for me to learn enough Python to generate a graph like this?
And where would I go to read up on how?
And does anyone have experience with both Python and MatLab and can give their opinion on which would be better?
Thanks for any help and any pointers.
Then a friend said I should use Python instead. He had not used it for graphing, but had heard that it had library functions especially for graphing. So before I spend a lot of money to buy MatLab, I thought I ask here about graphing with Python.
Here's a graph that I produced with a very old shareware graphing program. The data is blood glucose readings for a diabetic. Then I used a graphics program to add the shading. The green areas are good readings, the red are not so good.
How difficult would it be for me to learn enough Python to generate a graph like this?
And where would I go to read up on how?
And does anyone have experience with both Python and MatLab and can give their opinion on which would be better?
Thanks for any help and any pointers.
