How to save hexbin binned data in a text file.

[masabhathini]

General Query

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Hi,

How can I save the hexbin data in a ascii format ?
#13985
I want to find the difference between previous hour - current hour lightning over a each hexbin.
i.e., I want to plot the change in previous hour and current hour.

regards,
M. Sateesh

[timhoffm]

The data is contained in the returned PolyCollection.

• Use pc.get_offsets() to obtain a Nx2 array of the hexagon centers.
• Use pc.get_array() to obtain a length-N array of the values associated with the hexagons.

[timhoffm]

Docs on this have been improved in #14839.