plot_date again

Hi,

Is it possible to force the date ticks to be the same in two different
plots? For example, the attached figures cover the same time spans but
in one, the data are weekly and the other, monthly. While there is
nothing really wrong with different tick marks, aesthetically it would
be nice if they were both the same.

Thanks,
Ted

chicagoMonthStoreUPCChainedIndices.pdf (14.9 KB)

chicagoWeekStoreUPCChainedIndices.pdf (18.1 KB)

Yes, just use the “sharex” keyword to share the x-axis between the two. Not only will they have the same ticks and labels, but when you pan and zoom in one the other moves with it. The example below does not use dates, but it will work with dates just the same.

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

import numpy as np

fig1 = plt.figure(1)

ax1 = fig1.add_subplot(111)

ax1.plot(np.random.randn(10,2)*10)

fig2 = plt.figure(2)

ax2 = fig2.add_subplot(111, sharex=ax1)

ax2.plot(np.random.randn(10,2)*10)

plt.show()

JDH

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On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Ted To <rainexpected@…3956…> wrote:

Is it possible to force the date ticks to be the same in two different

plots? For example, the attached figures cover the same time spans but

in one, the data are weekly and the other, monthly. While there is

nothing really wrong with different tick marks, aesthetically it would

be nice if they were both the same.

Thanks again, worked like a charm!

Cheers,
Ted

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On 02/08/2012 02:22 PM, John Hunter wrote:

On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Ted To <rainexpected@...3956... > <mailto:rainexpected@…3956…>> wrote:

    Is it possible to force the date ticks to be the same in two different
    plots? For example, the attached figures cover the same time spans but
    in one, the data are weekly and the other, monthly. While there is
    nothing really wrong with different tick marks, aesthetically it would
    be nice if they were both the same.

Yes, just use the "sharex" keyword to share the x-axis between the two.
Not only will they have the same ticks and labels, but when you pan and
zoom in one the other moves with it. The example below does not use
dates, but it will work with dates just the same.

    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import numpy as np

    fig1 = plt.figure(1)
    ax1 = fig1.add_subplot(111)
    ax1.plot(np.random.randn(10,2)*10)

    fig2 = plt.figure(2)
    ax2 = fig2.add_subplot(111, sharex=ax1)
    ax2.plot(np.random.randn(10,2)*10)

    plt.show()

JDH