Merge pull request #2485 from NelleV/error_message

ENH better error message when wrong cmap name.
matplotlib · Oct 10, 2013 · 65ce30e · 65ce30e
2 parents 26498aa + 1129d9c
commit 65ce30e
Showing 1 changed file with 4 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/cm.py b/lib/matplotlib/cm.py
@@ -157,8 +157,10 @@ def get_cmap(name=None, lut=None):
             return cmap_d[name]
         elif name in datad:
             return _generate_cmap(name, lut)
-
-    raise ValueError("Colormap %s is not recognized" % name)
+    else:
+        raise ValueError(
+            "Colormap %s is not recognized. Possible values are: %s"
+            % (name, ', '.join(cmap_d.keys())))
 
 
 class ScalarMappable: