change default format of ticks on vertical axis

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Hello List,

My values on the vertical axis are large, but the range is small:

plot([3004,3005,3006])

By default this plots 0,1,2 as tickmarks along the vertical axis, and then at the top of the vertical axis is prints “+3.005e3”.

I prefer to simply get 3004,3005,3006 at the tickmarks.

Any (easy) way I can change the default formatting?

Sorry for the easy question,

Mark

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Here is an example of what you are looking for. There are other formatters as well, but this is pretty straight-forward to modify to your needs.

http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/pylab_examples/custom_ticker1.html?highlight=tick%20formatter

I hope this helps!
Ben Root

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On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Mark Bakker <markbak@…2015…87…> wrote:

Hello List,

My values on the vertical axis are large, but the range is small:

plot([3004,3005,3006])

By default this plots 0,1,2 as tickmarks along the vertical axis, and then at the top of the vertical axis is prints “+3.005e3”.

I prefer to simply get 3004,3005,3006 at the tickmarks.

Any (easy) way I can change the default formatting?

Sorry for the easy question,

Mark

3

Hello List,

My values on the vertical axis are large, but the range is small:

plot([3004,3005,3006])

By default this plots 0,1,2 as tickmarks along the vertical axis, and
then at the top of the vertical axis is prints "+3.005e3".

I prefer to simply get 3004,3005,3006 at the tickmarks.

Any (easy) way I can change the default formatting?

If you are using a recent mpl, try following your plot command with

ticklabel_format(useOffset=False)

Eric

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On 03/07/2011 11:51 AM, Mark Bakker wrote:

Sorry for the easy question,

Mark

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