Pim Schellart wrote: > Dear Matplotlib users/developers, > > The default behaviour of matplotlib.pyplot is to display large (e.g. > 2452298.7554547498 as a small number 0.25545474980026484 + > 2.4522985e6) I would like to be able to do one of the following. > > - Set the number to be subtracted manually (I know I can just subtract > a number from the input array but then matplotib still subtracts > another number if it thinks it is still to big to display). I don't know if there's a straightforward way to do this... Maybe someone more familiar with the ticking code can comment. > - Force matplotlib to display the full number (and display the numbers > slanted so they do not overlap). This is my preferred option. I would > like to see this as a simple option in pyplot, perhaps as an extra > parameter in the xticks/yticks functions (for the y axis the numbers > don't need to be slanted). You can do "xticks(rotation=45)" Does that do what you want?
Cheers, Mike > > I tried a manual formatter but I think there should be an easy way to > set this in pyplot and I could not figure out how to display the tick > numbers slanted. > > Kind regards, > > Pim Schellart > > P.S. In the example number 2452298.7554547498 I also need to subtract > 2440000 in order for the plot to render correctly. Otherwise all y > values end up at the same x position which is a bug in the latest > matplotlib release because it did not happen before. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. > Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > -- Michael Droettboom Science Software Branch Operations and Engineering Division Space Telescope Science Institute Operated by AURA for NASA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
