yt.visualization.streamlines.Streamlines.path

Streamlines.path(streamline_id)[source]

Returns an YTSelectionContainer1D object defined by a streamline.

Parameters:

streamline_id : int

This defines which streamline from the Streamlines object that will define the YTSelectionContainer1D object.

Returns:

An YTStreamlineBase YTSelectionContainer1D object :

Examples

>>> from yt.visualization.api import Streamlines
>>> streamlines = Streamlines(ds, [0.5]*3) 
>>> streamlines.integrate_through_volume()
>>> stream = streamlines.path(0)
>>> matplotlib.pylab.semilogy(stream['t'], stream['Density'], '-x')