I have a line plot where the x-axis values are numbers, with displayed tick mark values of 0, 100, 200 ... 500 - a total of 6 tick marks. These values represent the number of days since a certain date. I have a function which converts a number such as 100, to date string '23-Jun-11', which I want to display as the x-axis label instead of 100.
Following the pypib example xaxis_props.py, and printing dir(label) for each label in the x-axis tick labels, I can see that a label object supports a number of methods that might assist in changing the text of tick mark labels. I was hoping to use the get_text() method to retrieve the label's text (eg, 100), transform this to a date string by my function, and then use the set_text() method to re-assign the displayed label. This approach does not work for me. The get_text() method returns a zero-length string (not None) for each label, and the set_text() method does not change the displayed tick mark values. But I can use the set_color() method to change the colour of displayed values as per example xaxis_props.py. Any suggestions on how to change the text of displayed x-axis tick marks? TIA, Jon -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/How-to-Change-Axis-Tick-Mark-Labels-tp34195324p34195324.html Sent from the matplotlib - users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
