Python or matplotlib limitation error

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Published on 2010-03-17T18:30:08Z Indexed on 2010/03/17 18:41 UTC
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Hi,

I wrote an algorithm using python and matplotlib that generates histograms from some text input data. When the number of data input is approx. greater than 15000, I get in the (append) line of my code:

mydata = []

for i in range(len(data)):
   mydata.append(string.atof(data[i]))

the error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "get_histogram_picture.py", line 25, in <module>
    mydata.append(string.atof(data[i]))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/string.py", line 388, in atof
    return _float(s)
ValueError: invalid literal for float(): -a

can it be an error in python ? What is the solution ?

Thanks

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