Merge pull request #61 from jswhit/master

python 3 fixes for examples

Author: Jeff Whitaker

examples/customticks.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from mpl_toolkits.basemap import Basemap
 import numpy as np
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ def lat2str(deg):
             deg += 1.0
             min -= 60.0
         dir = 'S'
-    return (u"%d\N{DEGREE SIGN} %g' %s") % (np.abs(deg),np.abs(min),dir)
+    return ("%d\N{DEGREE SIGN} %g' %s") % (np.abs(deg),np.abs(min),dir)
 
 def lon2str(deg):
     min = 60 * (deg - np.floor(deg))
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ def lon2str(deg):
             deg += 1.0
             min -= 60.0
         dir = 'W'
-    return (u"%d\N{DEGREE SIGN} %g' %s") % (np.abs(deg),np.abs(min),dir)
+    return ("%d\N{DEGREE SIGN} %g' %s") % (np.abs(deg),np.abs(min),dir)
 
 # (1) use matplotlib custom tick formatter
 #     instead of Basemap labelling methods.

examples/fcstmaps_axesgrid.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 # this example reads today's numerical weather forecasts
 # from the NOAA OpenDAP servers and makes a multi-panel plot.
 # This version demonstrates the use of the AxesGrid toolkit.
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@
     ax.set_title('%d-h forecast valid '%fcsthr+verifdates[nt],fontsize=9)
 # figure title
 plt.figtext(0.5,0.95,
-            u"2-m temp (\N{DEGREE SIGN}C) forecasts from %s"%verifdates[0],
+            "2-m temp (\N{DEGREE SIGN}C) forecasts from %s"%verifdates[0],
             horizontalalignment='center',fontsize=14)
 # a single colorbar.
 cbar = fig.colorbar(cs, cax=grid.cbar_axes[0], orientation='horizontal')