Fix python3 issues in some examples

doc/pyplots/text_commands.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 ax.text(2, 6, r'an equation: $E=mc^2$', fontsize=15)
 
-ax.text(3, 2, unicode('unicode: Institut f\374r Festk\366rperphysik', 'latin-1'))
+ax.text(3, 2, u'unicode: Institut f\374r Festk\366rperphysik')
 
 ax.text(0.95, 0.01, 'colored text in axes coords',
         verticalalignment='bottom', horizontalalignment='right',

doc/pyplots/whats_new_99_spines.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 
 def adjust_spines(ax,spines):
-    for loc, spine in ax.spines.iteritems():
+    for loc, spine in ax.spines.items():
         if loc in spines:
             spine.set_position(('outward',10)) # outward by 10 points
         else:

doc/users/plotting/colormaps/Lfunction.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 with the binary matplotlib colormap, too. Trying to show the difference between
 adding blackness to a color at different rates.
 '''
-
+from __future__ import print_function
 import numpy as np
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 import colorconv as color
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@
 
 # Alter successive rows with more black
 k = 1
-for i in xrange(red.shape[1]):
+for i in range(red.shape[1]):
     # more blackness is closer to 0 than one, and in first column of LAB
     lab_add[0,i,0] = lab_add[0,i,0] - 10*i
-    print i,k
+    print(i,k)
     if i != 0:
         lab_geometric[0,i,0] = lab_geometric[0,i,0] - 10*k
         k *= 2
@@ -57,15 +57,15 @@
 
 fig = plt.figure()
 k = 1
-for i in xrange(red.shape[1]):
+for i in range(red.shape[1]):
 
     # LHS: additive
     ax1 = fig.add_subplot(nrows,2,i*2+1, axisbg=tuple(rgb_add[0,i,:]))
-    print tuple(lab_add[0,i,:])#, tuple(rgb_add[0,i,:])
+    print(tuple(lab_add[0,i,:]))#, tuple(rgb_add[0,i,:])
 
     # RHS: multiplicative
     ax2 = fig.add_subplot(nrows,2,i*2+2, axisbg=tuple(rgb_geometric[0,i,:]))
-    print tuple(lab_geometric[0,i,:])#, tuple(rgb_geometric[0,i,:])
+    print(tuple(lab_geometric[0,i,:]))#, tuple(rgb_geometric[0,i,:])
 
     # ylabels
     if i!=0:
@@ -117,24 +117,24 @@
 k = 1
 di = 8
 I0 = 5
-for i in xrange(nrows):
+for i in range(nrows):
     # Do more blackness via increasing indices
     rgb_add[:,i,:] = rgb[:,i*di+I0,:]
 
     if i != 0:
-        print i*di+I0, di*k+I0, (I0**(1./3)+i*di**(1./3))**3
+        print(i*di+I0, di*k+I0, (I0**(1./3)+i*di**(1./3))**3)
         rgb_geometric[:,i,:] = rgb[:,I0+di*k,:]
         k *= 2
     elif i==0:
-        print i*di+I0, I0, (I0**(1./3)+i*di**(1./3))**3
+        print(i*di+I0, I0, (I0**(1./3)+i*di**(1./3))**3)
         rgb_geometric[:,i,:] = rgb[:,I0,:]
 
 lab_add = color.rgb2lab(rgb_add)
 lab_geometric = color.rgb2lab(rgb_geometric)
 
 fig = plt.figure()
 k = 1
-for i in xrange(nrows):
+for i in range(nrows):
 
     # LHS: additive
     ax1 = fig.add_subplot(nrows,ncols,i*2+1, axisbg=tuple(rgb_add[0,i,:]))

doc/users/plotting/colormaps/lightness.py

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 
     fig = plt.figure(figsize=(11.5,4*nsubplots))
 
-    for i, subplot in enumerate(xrange(nsubplots)):
+    for i, subplot in enumerate(range(nsubplots)):
 
         locs = [] # locations for text labels
 

doc/users/plotting/examples/demo_gridspec06.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def squiggle_xy(a, b, c, d, i=np.arange(0.0, 2*np.pi, 0.05)):
 # gridspec inside gridspec
 outer_grid = gridspec.GridSpec(4, 4, wspace=0.0, hspace=0.0)
 
-for i in xrange(16):
+for i in range(16):
     inner_grid = gridspec.GridSpecFromSubplotSpec(3, 3,
             subplot_spec=outer_grid[i], wspace=0.0, hspace=0.0)
     a, b = int(i/4)+1,i%4+1

examples/api/skewt.py

@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ def _set_lim_and_transforms(self):
     # Now make a simple example using the custom projection.
     from matplotlib.ticker import ScalarFormatter, MultipleLocator
     import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
-    from StringIO import StringIO
+    from six import StringIO
     import numpy as np
 
     # Some examples data

examples/lines_bars_and_markers/marker_reference.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """
 Reference for filled- and unfilled-marker types included with Matplotlib.
 """
+from six import iteritems
 import numpy as np
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 from matplotlib.lines import Line2D
@@ -32,9 +33,14 @@ def split_list(a_list):
 fig, axes = plt.subplots(ncols=2)
 
 # Filter out filled markers and marker settings that do nothing.
-unfilled_markers = [m for m, func in Line2D.markers.iteritems()
+# We use iteritems from six to make sure that we get an iterator
+# in both python 2 and 3
+unfilled_markers = [m for m, func in iteritems(Line2D.markers)
                     if func != 'nothing' and m not in Line2D.filled_markers]
-unfilled_markers = sorted(unfilled_markers)[::-1]  # Reverse-sort for pretty
+# Reverse-sort for pretty. We use our own sort key which is essentially
+# a python3 compatible reimplementation of python2 sort.
+unfilled_markers = sorted(unfilled_markers,
+                          key=lambda x: (str(type(x)), str(x)))[::-1]
 for ax, markers in zip(axes, split_list(unfilled_markers)):
     for y, marker in enumerate(markers):
         ax.text(-0.5, y, nice_repr(marker), **text_style)

examples/pylab_examples/animation_demo.py

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 y = np.arange(5)
 z = x * y[:, np.newaxis]
 
-for i in xrange(5):
+for i in range(5):
     if i == 0:
         p = plt.imshow(z)
         fig = plt.gcf()

examples/pylab_examples/boxplot_demo2.py

@@ -57,15 +57,15 @@
 # Now fill the boxes with desired colors
 boxColors = ['darkkhaki', 'royalblue']
 numBoxes = numDists*2
-medians = range(numBoxes)
+medians = list(range(numBoxes))
 for i in range(numBoxes):
     box = bp['boxes'][i]
     boxX = []
     boxY = []
     for j in range(5):
         boxX.append(box.get_xdata()[j])
         boxY.append(box.get_ydata()[j])
-    boxCoords = zip(boxX, boxY)
+    boxCoords = list(zip(boxX, boxY))
     # Alternate between Dark Khaki and Royal Blue
     k = i % 2
     boxPolygon = Polygon(boxCoords, facecolor=boxColors[k])

examples/pylab_examples/logo.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 datafile = cbook.get_sample_data('membrane.dat', asfileobj=False)
 print('loading', datafile)
 
-x = 1000*0.1*fromstring(file(datafile, 'rb').read(), float32)
+x = 1000*0.1*fromstring(open(datafile, 'rb').read(), float32)
 # 0.0005 is the sample interval
 t = 0.0005*arange(len(x))
 figure(1, figsize=(7, 1), dpi=100)

examples/pylab_examples/multiple_yaxis_with_spines.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 def make_patch_spines_invisible(ax):
     ax.set_frame_on(True)
     ax.patch.set_visible(False)
-    for sp in ax.spines.itervalues():
+    for sp in ax.spines.values():
         sp.set_visible(False)
 
 fig, host = plt.subplots()