Can't save all matlibplots to pdf - missing some graphs (IPython)

Question

I have a script that I run in IPython, and basically takes an input .csv file of gene_names and pushes them into this for loop, where

with open('C:\Users\Work\Desktop\Book1.csv', 'rU') as f:
reader = csv.reader(f)
with PdfPages('poopyheadjoe04.pdf') as pdf:
    for row in reader:
        gene_name = row
        probe_exclusion_keyword = []
        print gene_name

The gene_name values from this list(in the .csv file) is then fed into a line, if inference_method == "approximate_random": (in Scripts.py)

with open('C:\Users\Work\Desktop\Book1.csv', 'rU') as f:
    reader = csv.reader(f)
    with PdfPages('poopyheadjoe04.pdf') as pdf:
        for row in reader:
            gene_name = row
            probe_exclusion_keyword = []
            print gene_name

            print "Fetching probe ids for gene %s" % gene_name
            probes_dict = get_probes_from_genes(gene_name)
            print "Found %s probes: %s" % (len(probes_dict), ", ".join(probes_dict.values()))

            if probe_exclusion_keyword:
                probes_dict = {probe_id: probe_name for (probe_id, probe_name) in probes_dict.iteritems() if not args.probe_exclusion_keyword in probe_name}
                print "Probes after applying exclusion cryterion: %s" % (", ".join(probes_dict.values()))

            print "Fetching expression values for probes %s" % (", ".join(probes_dict.values()))
            expression_values, well_ids, donor_names = get_expression_values_from_probe_ids(    
            probes_dict.keys())
            print "Found data from %s wells sampled across %s donors" % (len(well_ids), len(set(donor_names)))

            print "Combining information from selected probes"
            combined_expression_values = combine_expression_values(
            expression_values, method=probes_reduction_method)

            print "Translating locations of the wells to MNI space"
            mni_coordinates = get_mni_coordinates_from_wells(well_ids)

            print "Checking values of the provided NIFTI file at well locations"
            nifti_values = get_values_at_locations(
            stat_map, mni_coordinates, mask_file=mask, radius=radius, verbose=True)

        # preparing the data frame
            names = ["NIFTI values", "%s expression" % gene_name, "donor ID"]
            data = pd.DataFrame(np.array(
            [nifti_values, combined_expression_values, donor_names]).T, columns=names)
            data = data.convert_objects(convert_numeric=True)
            len_before = len(data)
            data.dropna(axis=0, inplace=True)
            nans = len_before - len(data)

            if nans > 0:
                print "%s wells fall outside of the mask" % nans

            if inference_method == "fixed":
                print "Performing fixed effect analysis"
                fixed_effects(data, ["NIFTI values", "%s expression" % gene_name])

            **if inference_method == "approximate_random":**
                print "Performing approximate random effect analysis"
                approximate_random_effects(
                data, ["NIFTI values", "%s expression" % gene_name], "donor ID")
                print "poopy"
                pdf.savefig()
                plt.ion() #should i add ion() here?

            if inference_method == "bayesian_random":
                print "Fitting Bayesian hierarchical model"
                bayesian_random_effects(
                data, ["NIFTI values", "%s expression" % gene_name], "donor ID", n_samples, n_burnin)

        # if __name__ == '__main__':    #What exactly does this do? Start trigger for the script to run?
        # main()

that triggers approximate_random_effects(in Analysis.py) to plot two graphs, the violinplot and the lmplot:

def approximate_random_effects(data, labels, group):

    correlation_per_donor = {}
    for donor_id in set(data[group]):
        correlation_per_donor[donor_id], _, _, _, _ = linregress(list(data[labels[0]][data[group] == donor_id]),
                                                       list(data[labels[1]][data[group] == donor_id]))
    average_slope = np.array(correlation_per_donor.values()).mean()
    t, p_val = ttest_1samp(correlation_per_donor.values(), 0)
    print "Averaged slope across donors = %g (t=%g, p=%g)"%(average_slope, t, p_val)
    sns.violinplot([correlation_per_donor.values()], inner="points", names=["donors"])
    plt.ylabel("Linear regression slopes between %s and %s"%(labels[0],labels[1]))
    plt.axhline(0, color="red")

    sns.lmplot(labels[0], labels[1], data, hue=group, col=group, col_wrap=3)
    plt.ion()

    return average_slope, t, p_val

I'm trying to save both graphs for all the gene_names into a pdf file, by roughly following "Saving multiple figures to one pdf file in matplotlib" and the matplotlib.PdfPages approach.

However, in the pdf file, I am only getting the lmplot for all my gene_names and NOT the violin plot. What do I do to fix this?

Thanks! Help will be much appreciated!

if you comment out `pdf.savefig()`, so you see the two plots or do you only see one? also, should these two plots be on the same figure (and same pdf page), or are they separate? — Julien Spronck, Apr 16 '15 at 08:56
@JulienSpronck For the first question, by default it runs to give 2 plots(violin + lmplot) on two different windows, so yes i get 2 plots. Second question, the plots for each gene_name should be in different window, but they just have to be in linear vertical order in the pdf, i.e. same page but separate plot pictures. — poopyheadjoe, Apr 16 '15 at 09:25
To have the two plots on separate pages in the pdf, you can plot them in separate figures and call `pdf.savefig()` for each figure. However, if you want the two plots on the same page, then you should create two sub-plots on the same figure. Which one do you need/want? — Julien Spronck, Apr 16 '15 at 09:28

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 16 '15 at 09:44

It looks like your code is creating two figures, one for each plots, but you only call pdf.savefig() once after the second figure is created, therefore only saving the second figure.

If you want one figure per page in your pdf, you need to call pdf.savefig() twice: once after creating each plot.

I would recommend that you change the structure of your program a bit, so you can save the pdf after each plot:

def approximate_random_effects(data, labels, group):

    correlation_per_donor = {}
    for donor_id in set(data[group]):
        correlation_per_donor[donor_id], _, _, _, _ = linregress(list(data[labels[0]][data[group] == donor_id]),
                                                       list(data[labels[1]][data[group] == donor_id]))
    average_slope = np.array(correlation_per_donor.values()).mean()
    t, p_val = ttest_1samp(correlation_per_donor.values(), 0)
    print "Averaged slope across donors = %g (t=%g, p=%g)"%(average_slope, t, p_val)
    with PdfPages('poopyheadjoe04.pdf') as pdf:
        fig = plt.figure()
        sns.violinplot([correlation_per_donor.values()], inner="points", names=["donors"])
        plt.ylabel("Linear regression slopes between %s and %s"%(labels[0],labels[1]))
        plt.axhline(0, color="red")
        pdf.savefig(fig) ## Saving first figure

        fig = plt.figure()
        sns.lmplot(labels[0], labels[1], data, hue=group, col=group, col_wrap=3)
        pdf.savefig(fig) ## Saving second figure

    return average_slope, t, p_val

You then need to delete in your main program the lines with PdfPages('poopyheadjoe04.pdf') as pdf:, pdf.savefig() and plt.ion().

If you need the two plots on the same pdf page, you need change the violinplot and lmplot in such a way that they use different axes on the same figure.

Can't save all matlibplots to pdf - missing some graphs (IPython)

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