"""
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pyplot animation
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Generating an animation by calling `~.pyplot.pause` between plotting commands.

The method shown here is only suitable for simple, low-performance use.  For
more demanding applications, look at the :mod:`.animation` module and the
examples that use it.

Note that calling `time.sleep` instead of `~.pyplot.pause` would *not* work.
"""

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

np.random.seed(19680801)
data = np.random.random((50, 50, 50))

fig, ax = plt.subplots()

for i in range(len(data)):
    ax.cla()
    ax.imshow(data[i])
    ax.set_title("frame {}".format(i))
    # Note that using time.sleep does *not* work here!
    plt.pause(0.1)