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Hello everyone, I am seeking help with understanding why multithreading does not work correctly in this example: import time import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import concurrent.futures voltage...
#3: Post edited
- Hello everyone,
- I am seeking help with understanding why multithreading does not work correctly in this example:
- ```python
- import time
- import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
- import concurrent.futures
- voltage = list()
- stop_flag = False
- fig, ax = plt.subplots()
- fig.show()
- def plotter(ax, arr):
- while True:
- if stop_flag:
- print("stream interupted")
- return
- arr.append(1)
- ax.clear()
- ax.plot(arr)
- ax.get_figure().canvas.draw()
- ax.get_figure().canvas.flush_events()
- time.sleep(1)
- with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor() as executor:
- plot_thread = executor.submit(plotter, ax, voltage)
- for _ in range(15):
- res = input("Type: ")
- if res == "q":
- stop_flag = True
- break
- print(res)
- ```
- **Expected behaviour:**
- Graph is being spawned by matplotlib and the line at `y=1` is continuously growing in the x direction. In parallel terminal waits for user input. If input is `q`, the function plotter exits and everything finishes.
- **Actual behaviour:**
- Graph is appearing, but not updating at all, while user input is being processed and reprinted to console. It seems that one point does exist on the graph. When pressing q or reaching 15 iterations program terminates.
- I do not understand why parallel thread does not run and updates the graph independently from `for` loop.
- **Edit:**
- Changing plotting to the main program and running input loop in another thread also does not work:
- ```python
- import time
- import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
- import concurrent.futures
- import matplotlib
- matplotlib.use("tkAgg") # lock tk backend
- voltage = list()
- stop_flag = False
- fig, ax = plt.subplots()
- fig.show()
- def fetch_input():
- for _ in range(15):
- res = input("Type: ")
- if res == "q":
- stop_flag = True
- break
- print(res)
- with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor() as executor:
- new_thread = executor.submit(fetch_input)
while True:if stop_flag:print("main loop interupted")breakvoltage.append(1)ax.clear()ax.plot(voltage)ax.get_figure().canvas.draw()ax.get_figure().canvas.flush_events()plt.pause(1) # run eventloop for 1 second# time.sleep(1)- ```
- First the function fetching the input starts and continues until it finished and only then the figure appears. It is even weirder now, since `fig.show()` happens in the beginning before the thread is even started. So I would expect to see at least empty figure together with input query in the terminal.
- Hello everyone,
- I am seeking help with understanding why multithreading does not work correctly in this example:
- ```python
- import time
- import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
- import concurrent.futures
- voltage = list()
- stop_flag = False
- fig, ax = plt.subplots()
- fig.show()
- def plotter(ax, arr):
- while True:
- if stop_flag:
- print("stream interupted")
- return
- arr.append(1)
- ax.clear()
- ax.plot(arr)
- ax.get_figure().canvas.draw()
- ax.get_figure().canvas.flush_events()
- time.sleep(1)
- with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor() as executor:
- plot_thread = executor.submit(plotter, ax, voltage)
- for _ in range(15):
- res = input("Type: ")
- if res == "q":
- stop_flag = True
- break
- print(res)
- ```
- **Expected behaviour:**
- Graph is being spawned by matplotlib and the line at `y=1` is continuously growing in the x direction. In parallel terminal waits for user input. If input is `q`, the function plotter exits and everything finishes.
- **Actual behaviour:**
- Graph is appearing, but not updating at all, while user input is being processed and reprinted to console. It seems that one point does exist on the graph. When pressing q or reaching 15 iterations program terminates.
- I do not understand why parallel thread does not run and updates the graph independently from `for` loop.
- **Edit:**
- Changing plotting to the main program and running input loop in another thread also does not work:
- ```python
- import time
- import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
- import concurrent.futures
- import matplotlib
- matplotlib.use("tkAgg") # lock tk backend
- voltage = list()
- stop_flag = False
- fig, ax = plt.subplots()
- fig.show()
- def fetch_input():
- global stop_flag
- for _ in range(15):
- res = input("Type: ")
- if res == "q":
- stop_flag = True
- break
- print(res)
- with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor() as executor:
- new_thread = executor.submit(fetch_input)
- while True:
- if stop_flag:
- print("main loop interupted")
- break
- voltage.append(1)
- ax.clear()
- ax.plot(voltage)
- ax.get_figure().canvas.draw()
- ax.get_figure().canvas.flush_events()
- plt.pause(1) # run eventloop for 1 second
- # time.sleep(1)
- ```
- First the function fetching the input starts and continues until it finished and only then the figure appears. It is even weirder now, since `fig.show()` happens in the beginning before the thread is even started. So I would expect to see at least empty figure together with input query in the terminal.
#2: Post edited
- Hello everyone,
- I am seeking help with understanding why multithreading does not work correctly in this example:
- ```python
- import time
- import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
- import concurrent.futures
- voltage = list()
- stop_flag = False
- fig, ax = plt.subplots()
- fig.show()
- def plotter(ax, arr):
- while True:
- if stop_flag:
- print("stream interupted")
- return
- arr.append(1)
- ax.clear()
- ax.plot(arr)
- ax.get_figure().canvas.draw()
- ax.get_figure().canvas.flush_events()
- time.sleep(1)
- with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor() as executor:
- plot_thread = executor.submit(plotter, ax, voltage)
- for _ in range(15):
- res = input("Type: ")
- if res == "q":
- stop_flag = True
- break
- print(res)
- ```
- **Expected behaviour:**
- Graph is being spawned by matplotlib and the line at `y=1` is continuously growing in the x direction. In parallel terminal waits for user input. If input is `q`, the function plotter exits and everything finishes.
- **Actual behaviour:**
- Graph is appearing, but not updating at all, while user input is being processed and reprinted to console. It seems that one point does exist on the graph. When pressing q or reaching 15 iterations program terminates.
I do not understand why parallel thread does not run and updates the graph independently from `for` loop.
- Hello everyone,
- I am seeking help with understanding why multithreading does not work correctly in this example:
- ```python
- import time
- import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
- import concurrent.futures
- voltage = list()
- stop_flag = False
- fig, ax = plt.subplots()
- fig.show()
- def plotter(ax, arr):
- while True:
- if stop_flag:
- print("stream interupted")
- return
- arr.append(1)
- ax.clear()
- ax.plot(arr)
- ax.get_figure().canvas.draw()
- ax.get_figure().canvas.flush_events()
- time.sleep(1)
- with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor() as executor:
- plot_thread = executor.submit(plotter, ax, voltage)
- for _ in range(15):
- res = input("Type: ")
- if res == "q":
- stop_flag = True
- break
- print(res)
- ```
- **Expected behaviour:**
- Graph is being spawned by matplotlib and the line at `y=1` is continuously growing in the x direction. In parallel terminal waits for user input. If input is `q`, the function plotter exits and everything finishes.
- **Actual behaviour:**
- Graph is appearing, but not updating at all, while user input is being processed and reprinted to console. It seems that one point does exist on the graph. When pressing q or reaching 15 iterations program terminates.
- I do not understand why parallel thread does not run and updates the graph independently from `for` loop.
- **Edit:**
- Changing plotting to the main program and running input loop in another thread also does not work:
- ```python
- import time
- import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
- import concurrent.futures
- import matplotlib
- matplotlib.use("tkAgg") # lock tk backend
- voltage = list()
- stop_flag = False
- fig, ax = plt.subplots()
- fig.show()
- def fetch_input():
- for _ in range(15):
- res = input("Type: ")
- if res == "q":
- stop_flag = True
- break
- print(res)
- with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor() as executor:
- new_thread = executor.submit(fetch_input)
- while True:
- if stop_flag:
- print("main loop interupted")
- break
- voltage.append(1)
- ax.clear()
- ax.plot(voltage)
- ax.get_figure().canvas.draw()
- ax.get_figure().canvas.flush_events()
- plt.pause(1) # run eventloop for 1 second
- # time.sleep(1)
- ```
- First the function fetching the input starts and continues until it finished and only then the figure appears. It is even weirder now, since `fig.show()` happens in the beginning before the thread is even started. So I would expect to see at least empty figure together with input query in the terminal.
#1: Initial revision
Python Parallel plotting and and input reading
Hello everyone, I am seeking help with understanding why multithreading does not work correctly in this example: ```python import time import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import concurrent.futures voltage = list() stop_flag = False fig, ax = plt.subplots() fig.show() def plotter(ax, arr): while True: if stop_flag: print("stream interupted") return arr.append(1) ax.clear() ax.plot(arr) ax.get_figure().canvas.draw() ax.get_figure().canvas.flush_events() time.sleep(1) with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor() as executor: plot_thread = executor.submit(plotter, ax, voltage) for _ in range(15): res = input("Type: ") if res == "q": stop_flag = True break print(res) ``` **Expected behaviour:** Graph is being spawned by matplotlib and the line at `y=1` is continuously growing in the x direction. In parallel terminal waits for user input. If input is `q`, the function plotter exits and everything finishes. **Actual behaviour:** Graph is appearing, but not updating at all, while user input is being processed and reprinted to console. It seems that one point does exist on the graph. When pressing q or reaching 15 iterations program terminates. I do not understand why parallel thread does not run and updates the graph independently from `for` loop.