# HG changeset patch
# User Jeff Hammel <k0scist@gmail.com>
# Date 1428891753 25200
# Node ID 279f5ae33564c3d21cb866bd184cc7d1dca18d1f
# Parent  b8a7604adf6f61f5e7fa52d422097a631796dfb8
this now generates something

diff -r b8a7604adf6f -r 279f5ae33564 numerics/bar.py
--- a/numerics/bar.py	Sun Apr 12 19:18:28 2015 -0700
+++ b/numerics/bar.py	Sun Apr 12 19:22:33 2015 -0700
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 # imports
 import argparse
+import json
 import os
 import sys
 import tempita
@@ -41,7 +42,8 @@
     template = tempita.Template.from_filename(bar_template)
     bar_chart = template.substitute(title=title or '',
                                     d3=d3,
-                                    data=data)
+                                    data=json.dumps(data))
+    return bar_chart
 
 class BarChartParser(ManipulationParser):
     """command line options parser for bar charts"""
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@
         data = data[0]
 
     # generate bar chart
-    bar_chart(data, parser.plot_filename(), title=options.title)
+    options.output.write(bar_chart(data, parser.plot_filename(), title=options.title))
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':