Is there an easy way to use logarithmic scale on matplotlib plots displaying data via a custom function (wedge)?

Question

I am plotting data using wedges (same would apply for patches/circles/etc). This works nicely, but I want to plot the data logarithmic.

For ordinary plots, there is

plt.yscale('log')
plt.xscale('log')

but this is not working here, and results in :

ValueError: Data has no positive values, and therefore can not be log-scaled.

I could of course transform all my data to log and adjust xticks and yticks accordingly, but I wondered, if there is an matplotlib automated way for that.

See the working part of my code below:

import matplotlib.pylot as plt
from matplotlib.patches import Wedge
import seaborn as sns
import numpy as np

from matplotlib.patches import Wedge
def dual_half_circle(center, radius, angle=0, ax=None, colors=('w','k'),
                     **kwargs):
    """
    Add two half circles to the axes *ax* (or the current axes) with the 
    specified facecolors *colors* rotated at *angle* (in degrees).
    """
    if ax is None:
        ax = plt.gca()
    theta1, theta2 = angle, angle + 180
    w1 = Wedge(center, radius, theta1, theta2, fc=colors[0], **kwargs)
    w2 = Wedge(center, radius, theta2, theta1, fc=colors[1], **kwargs)
    for wedge in [w1, w2]:
        ax.add_artist(wedge)
    return [w1, w2]


fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(30,15))
for i in range(10):
    dual_half_circle((100*i, 100*i), radius=10, angle=90, ax=ax,colors=('r','b'))
plt.xlim(0,1000)
plt.ylim(0,1000)
plt.show()

Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

The error results from your x and y limits. Choose a value above 0 and everything should be fine.

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Adjusted code:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from matplotlib.patches import Wedge
def dual_half_circle(center, radius, angle=0, ax=None, colors=('w','k'),
                     **kwargs):
    """
    Add two half circles to the axes *ax* (or the current axes) with the
    specified facecolors *colors* rotated at *angle* (in degrees).
    """
    if ax is None:
        ax = plt.gca()
    theta1, theta2 = angle, angle + 180
    w1 = Wedge(center, radius, theta1, theta2, fc=colors[0], **kwargs)
    w2 = Wedge(center, radius, theta2, theta1, fc=colors[1], **kwargs)
    for wedge in [w1, w2]:
        ax.add_artist(wedge)
    return [w1, w2]


_, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(30, 15))
for i in range(10):
    dual_half_circle((100*i, 100*i), radius=10, angle=90, ax=ax,colors=('r', 'b'))
plt.xlim(1, 1000)
plt.ylim(1, 1000)
plt.xscale('log')
plt.yscale('log')
plt.show()

Result: