[Matplotlib-users] custom x axis integers boxplot

2015-06-12 Thread pb89
hi guys, i guess thats an easy one for you: fig=plt.figure() rect=fig.patch rect.set_facecolor('white') ax1=fig.add_subplot(111) bp=boxplot(array) xlabel('case ID') ylabel('registration time, sec') show() whereas array is a list of lists with 25 entries. i want to have the axis not from 0 to

Re: [Matplotlib-users] custom x axis integers boxplot

2015-06-12 Thread Jeff Blackburne
Try adding these lines before your call to plt.show(): locs, labels = plt.xticks() plt.xticks(locs, np.arange(11, 36)) On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 3:10 PM, pb89 wrote: > hi guys, > > i guess thats an easy one for you: > > fig=plt.figure() > rect=fig.patch > rect.set_facecolor('white') > ax

Re: [Matplotlib-users] custom x axis integers boxplot

2015-06-12 Thread pb89
thanks for the quick answer Jeffrey, its working! -peter -- View this message in context: http://matplotlib.1069221.n5.nabble.com/custom-x-axis-integers-boxplot-tp45769p45771.html Sent from the matplotlib - users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ---

Re: [Matplotlib-users] custom x axis integers boxplot

2015-06-13 Thread Paul Hobson
Probably a better way would be to the the "pos" arguments to boxplot (bp=boxplot(array, pos=range(11, 36)). That *should* work. Let me know if it doesn't. On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 4:36 PM, pb89 wrote: > thanks for the quick answer Jeffrey, its working! > > -peter > > > > -- > View this message in

Re: [Matplotlib-users] custom x axis integers boxplot

2015-06-13 Thread pb89
it tried this before, but it throws an exception: TypeError: boxplot() got an unexpected keyword argument 'pos' -- View this message in context: http://matplotlib.1069221.n5.nabble.com/custom-x-axis-integers-boxplot-tp45769p45774.html Sent from the matplotlib - users mailing list archive at

Re: [Matplotlib-users] custom x axis integers boxplot

2015-06-13 Thread Paul Hobson
Oh sorry that should be "... positions=np.arange(11, 36)) On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 7:49 AM, pb89 wrote: > it tried this before, but it throws an exception: > > TypeError: boxplot() got an unexpected keyword argument 'pos' > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://matplotlib.1069221

Re: [Matplotlib-users] custom x axis integers boxplot

2015-06-13 Thread pb89
yes, that works as well! thanks for your suggestion -- View this message in context: http://matplotlib.1069221.n5.nabble.com/custom-x-axis-integers-boxplot-tp45769p45776.html Sent from the matplotlib - users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --

Re: [Matplotlib-users] custom x axis integers boxplot

2015-06-15 Thread pb89
hey guys, is it also possible to only show every 5th number of that array? Its a little too much right now: -- View this message in context: http://matplotlib.1069221.n5.nabble.com/custom-x-axis-integers-

Re: [Matplotlib-users] custom x axis integers boxplot

2015-06-16 Thread Paul Hobson
You want to use a MultipleLocator: http://matplotlib.org/examples/pylab_examples/major_minor_demo1.html -paul On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 6:16 PM, pb89 wrote: > hey guys, is it also possible to only show every 5th number of that array? > Its a little too much right now: > < > http://matplotlib.1069