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Fix ValueError: could not convert string to float on Windows/MikTeX #1237

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Fix ValueError: could not convert string to float on Windows/MikTeX #1237

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Fix `ValueError: could not convert string to float` on Windows/MikTeX
cgohlke Sep 12, 2012
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Use splitlines(), which works also with `\r\n` line endings
cgohlke Sep 12, 2012
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_pgf.py
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Expand Up @@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ def get_width_height_descent(self, text, prop):

# parse metrics from the answer string
try:
width, height, offset = answer.split("\n")[0].split(",")
width, height, offset = answer.splitlines()[0].split(",")
except:
msg = "Error processing '%s'\nLaTeX Output:\n%s" % (text, answer)
raise ValueError(msg)
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