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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Passing a transposed array to patch.set_offsets()","articleBody":"To help us understand and resolve your issue please check that you have provided\r\nthe information that corresponds to the type of issue that you are submitting. You can feel free to delete the sections that do not apply to your issue.\r\n\r\n###Bug report\r\n\r\n**Bug summary**\r\nThe method patch.set_offsets() fails quietly if passed a transposed array compared to what it expects.\r\n\r\n**Code for reproduction**\r\n\r\n```python\r\nimport scipy\r\nfrom matplotlib import pyplot as plt\r\n\r\nU = scipy.rand(2,10)\r\npatch = plt.scatter(U[0, :], U[1, :])\r\nU[0, :] = 0\r\npatch.set_offsets(U)\r\nplt.show()\r\n```\r\n\r\n**Actual outcome**\r\n\r\nA figure with 5 scattered points at the origin and 5 scattered in the box [0,1]x[0,1]\r\n\r\n**Expected outcome**\r\n\r\nI expect this to fail, the array U should be Nx2, rather than 2xN\r\n\r\n**Matplotlib version**\r\n\r\nPython 2.7.11 |Anaconda 2.4.1 (x86_64)| (default, Dec  6 2015, 18:57:58) (MacOSX)\r\nMatplotlib version: 1.5.1\r\n\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/KeithWM","@type":"Person","name":"KeithWM"},"datePublished":"2017-01-10T14:38:31.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":0},"url":"https://github.com/7785/matplotlib/issues/7785"}