FormatStrFormatter (and other formatters) rely on Python's string interpolation, and It does not seem to be possible to get rid of the leading zero (http://docs.python.org/library/stdtypes.html).
I think what you can do is to replace "0." with "." after the interpolation. Something like below works for me. from matplotlib.ticker import ScalarFormatter s = subplot(111) class ScalarFormatterNoLeadingZero(ScalarFormatter): def pprint_val(self, x): s = ScalarFormatter.pprint_val(self, x) return s.replace("0.",".") s.xaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatterNoLeadingZero()) HTH, -JJ On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 4:52 PM, per freem <perfr...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi all, > > when i make any numeric scatter plot containing floats, the formatted tick > labels always have leading zeros, e.g "0.5" as opposed to ".5" in the > labels. > > for example: > > x = rand(10) > scatter(x,x) > > is there any way to change this to remove the leading zeros? i have tried: > > s = subplot(111) > majorFormatter = FormatStrFormatter('%0.1f') > s.xaxis.set_major_formatter(majorFormatter) > scatter(x,x) > > but it does not work. i also tried "%.f" but it does not work either. the > matlab default is to plot without the leading zero and i am trying to > recreate this. > > thank you. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users