Confidence interval with Plots and pgfplots()

General Usage
1

Hi,

I would like to run this type of code

using Plots 
pgfplots()
aa = rand(10)
bb = rand(10)
cc = rand(10)
conf = [aa-cc bb-cc]
p = plot(collect(1:10),cc)
plot!(cc,ribbon=conf)

This code works well is I replace pgfplots() with pyplot(). Basically, I can’t find a way to plot confidence intervals with pgfplots().

2

Not all backends support all series and attributes, you can check which ones are supported here:

https://docs.juliaplots.org/latest/supported/

This shows that indeed the pgfplots backends does not currently support ribbon

3

Thank you. Any chance ribbon will be added to pgfplots()? I don’t know who is in charge of the package but it could be nice.

4

I just added that to the upcoming PGFPlotsX backend. You could try that already out by add https://github.com/BeastyBlacksmith/Plots.jl#pgfplotsx.
Don’t hesitate to ping me, if you run into any issues.

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5

Awesome, thanks! Can you explain how exactly I can try it? since you said upcoming, I assume it is not there yet. When will it become available like any other backend?

6

Spectacular! We have been using that package directly but would love to use Plots frontend instead.
What is the timeline for that backend? Is the current PGFPlots moving to deprecated status?

7

Its in the finishing phase. What it needs most now are brave souls who checkout the development branches and report whats is still missing.

add https://github.com/BeastyBlacksmith/Plots.jl#pgfplotsx
add PGFPlotsX#master
8

They will coexist for a while until it is sure that they are functionally equivalent.

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9

Its out. Give it a try and I would love to get some feedback.
Best to report bugs/whishes in the meta issue.

10

Great, thanks. Still, how can we use it?

using Plots
pgfplotsx()

says pgfplotsx is not defined–while I don’t get this error with pgfplots() or pyplots()

11

It is merged and will come with the next release.
Meanwhile you can use it by

] add Plots#master
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12

It is now released.

] add Plots PGFPlotsX
using Plots; pgfplotsx()
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13

Should I find it there already? pgfplotsx() gives “not defined”

14

What is your Plots version? It is part of Plots v0.28.2.

15

Got it, I am running 0.27.0. The thing is, it doesn’t let me update it (which is weird, because I just downloaded Julia 1.3 without explicitly imposing requirements)

Pkg.add(Pkg.PackageSpec(;name="Plots", version="0.28.2"))
 Resolving package versions...
ERROR: Unsatisfiable requirements detected for package Plots [91a5bcdd]:
 Plots [91a5bcdd] log:
 ├─possible versions are: [0.12.1-0.12.4, 0.13.0-0.13.1, 0.14.0-0.14.2, 0.15.0-0.15.1, 0.16.0, 0.17.0-0.17.4, 0.18.0, 0.19.0-0.19.3, 0.20.0-0.20.6, 0.21.0, 0.22.0-0.22.5, 0.23.0-0.23.2, 0.24.0, 0.25.0-0.25.3, 0.26.0-0.26.3, 0.27.0] or uninstalled
 └─restricted to versions 0.28.2 by an explicit requirement — no versions left
Stacktrace:
 [1] check_constraints(::Pkg.GraphType.Graph) at /Users/sabae/buildbot/worker/package_macos64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.3/Pkg/src/GraphType.jl:937
 [2] Pkg.GraphType.Graph(::Dict{Base.UUID,Set{VersionNumber}}, ::Dict{Base.UUID,Dict{Pkg.Types.VersionRange,Dict{String,Base.UUID}}}, ::Dict{Base.UUID,Dict{Pkg.Types.VersionRange,Dict{String,Pkg.Types.VersionSpec}}}, ::Dict{Base.UUID,String}, ::Dict{Base.UUID,Pkg.Types.VersionSpec}, ::Dict{Base.UUID,Pkg.Types.Fixed}, ::Bool) at /Users/sabae/buildbot/worker/package_macos64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.3/Pkg/src/GraphType.jl:364
 [3] deps_graph(::Pkg.Types.Context, ::Dict{Base.UUID,String}, ::Dict{Base.UUID,Pkg.Types.VersionSpec}, ::Dict{Base.UUID,Pkg.Types.Fixed}) at /Users/sabae/buildbot/worker/package_macos64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.3/Pkg/src/Operations.jl:437
 [4] resolve_versions!(::Pkg.Types.Context, ::Array{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec,1}) at /Users/sabae/buildbot/worker/package_macos64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.3/Pkg/src/Operations.jl:320
 [5] #add#112(::Bool, ::Pkg.BinaryPlatforms.MacOS, ::typeof(Pkg.Operations.add), ::Pkg.Types.Context, ::Array{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec,1}, ::Array{Base.UUID,1}) at /Users/sabae/buildbot/worker/package_macos64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.3/Pkg/src/Operations.jl:1010
 [6] #add at ./none:0 [inlined]
 [7] #add#25(::Bool, ::Pkg.BinaryPlatforms.MacOS, ::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Union{},Union{},Tuple{},NamedTuple{(),Tuple{}}}, ::typeof(Pkg.API.add), ::Pkg.Types.Context, ::Array{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec,1}) at /Users/sabae/buildbot/worker/package_macos64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.3/Pkg/src/API.jl:102
 [8] add(::Pkg.Types.Context, ::Array{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec,1}) at /Users/sabae/buildbot/worker/package_macos64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.3/Pkg/src/API.jl:72
 [9] #add#20 at /Users/sabae/buildbot/worker/package_macos64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.3/Pkg/src/API.jl:69 [inlined]
 [10] add(::Pkg.Types.PackageSpec) at /Users/sabae/buildbot/worker/package_macos64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.3/Pkg/src/API.jl:66
 [11] top-level scope at none:0
16

I can’t replicate that. Does this also happen if you activate a new environment?
Like

] activate clean
add Plots@0.28.2

Also updating the previous environment could help.

17

Are you using JuliaPro? Perhaps that registry updated.

18

I am using Julia + Atom. Using

activate clean

doesn’t fix the problem.

Maybe I should try JuliaPro

19

I am bit confused on how you can get Plots 0.28.2. Shall I delete and re-install Julia? Change the registry somehow?

20

You can try registry rm General and then registry add General in the Pkg REPL mode.