Scatter plot error bars (the error on each point is unique)

Question

I am attempting a scatter plot of 2 arrays for which I have a third array containing the absolute error (error in y direction) on each point. I want the error bars to between (point a - error on a) and (point a + error on a). Is there a way of achieving this with pylab and if not any ideas on how else I could do it?

Answer 1

>>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
>>> a = [1,3,5,7]
>>> b = [11,-2,4,19]
>>> plt.pyplot.scatter(a,b)
>>> plt.scatter(a,b)
<matplotlib.collections.PathCollection object at 0x00000000057E2CF8>
>>> plt.show()
>>> c = [1,3,2,1]
>>> plt.errorbar(a,b,yerr=c, linestyle="None")
<Container object of 3 artists>
>>> plt.show()

where a is your x data b is your y data c is your y error if any

note that c is the error in each direction already