Function _ensure_plottable

xarray/plot/utils.py:686–728

Raise exception if there is anything in args that can't be plotted on an axis by matplotlib.

(*args)

def _ensure_plottable(*args) -> None:
    """
    Raise exception if there is anything in args that can't be plotted on an
    axis by matplotlib.
    """
    numpy_types: tuple[type[object], ...] = (
        np.floating,
        np.integer,
        np.timedelta64,
        np.datetime64,
        np.bool_,
        np.str_,
    )
    other_types: tuple[type[object], ...] = (datetime, date)
    cftime_datetime_types: tuple[type[object], ...] = (
        () if cftime is None else (cftime.datetime,)
    )
    other_types += cftime_datetime_types

    for x in args:
        if not (
            _valid_numpy_subdtype(np.asarray(x), numpy_types)
            or _valid_other_type(np.asarray(x), other_types)
        ):
            raise TypeError(
                "Plotting requires coordinates to be numeric, boolean, "
                "or dates of type numpy.datetime64, "
                "datetime.datetime, cftime.datetime or "
                f"pandas.Interval. Received data of type {np.asarray(x).dtype} instead."
            )
        if _valid_other_type(np.asarray(x), cftime_datetime_types):
            if nc_time_axis_available:
                # Register cftime datetypes to matplotlib.units.registry,
                # otherwise matplotlib will raise an error:
                import nc_time_axis  # noqa: F401
            else:
                raise ImportError(
                    "Plotting of arrays of cftime.datetime "
                    "objects or arrays indexed by "
                    "cftime.datetime objects requires the "
                    "optional `nc-time-axis` (v1.2.0 or later) "
                    "package."
                )


def _is_numeric(arr):