Revision: 6148
http://matplotlib.svn.sourceforge.net/matplotlib/?rev=6148&view=rev
Author: efiring
Date: 2008-10-05 04:32:52 +0000 (Sun, 05 Oct 2008)
Log Message:
-----------
Add scilimits kwarg to Axes.ticklabel_format() method
Modified Paths:
--------------
trunk/matplotlib/CHANGELOG
trunk/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/axes.py
Modified: trunk/matplotlib/CHANGELOG
===================================================================
--- trunk/matplotlib/CHANGELOG 2008-10-05 01:38:31 UTC (rev 6147)
+++ trunk/matplotlib/CHANGELOG 2008-10-05 04:32:52 UTC (rev 6148)
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-10-04 Added 'scilimits' kwarg to Axes.ticklabel_format() method,
+ for easy access to the set_powerlimits method of the
+ major ScalarFormatter. - EF
+
2008-10-04 Experimental new kwarg borderpad to replace pad in legend,
based on suggestion by Jae-Joon Lee. - EF
Modified: trunk/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/axes.py
===================================================================
--- trunk/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/axes.py 2008-10-05 01:38:31 UTC (rev
6147)
+++ trunk/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/axes.py 2008-10-05 04:32:52 UTC (rev
6148)
@@ -1639,26 +1639,34 @@
Optional keyword arguments:
- ======= =====================================
- Keyword Description
- ======= =====================================
- *style* [ 'sci' (or 'scientific') | 'plain' ]
- plain turns off scientific notation
- *axis* [ 'x' | 'y' | 'both' ]
- ======= =====================================
+ ============ =====================================
+ Keyword Description
+ ============ =====================================
+ *style* [ 'sci' (or 'scientific') | 'plain' ]
+ plain turns off scientific notation
+ *scilimits* (m, n), pair of integers; if *style*
+ is 'sci', scientific notation will
+ be used for numbers outside the range
+ 10`-m`:sup: to 10`n`:sup:.
+ Use (0,0) to include all numbers.
+ *axis* [ 'x' | 'y' | 'both' ]
+ ============ =====================================
Only the major ticks are affected.
If the method is called when the
:class:`~matplotlib.ticker.ScalarFormatter` is not the
:class:`~matplotlib.ticker.Formatter` being used, an
- :exc:`AttributeError` will be raised with no additional error
- message.
+ :exc:`AttributeError` will be raised.
- Additional capabilities and/or friendlier error checking may
- be added.
-
"""
style = kwargs.pop('style', '').lower()
+ scilimits = kwargs.pop('scilimits', None)
+ if scilimits is not None:
+ try:
+ m, n = scilimits
+ m+n+1 # check that both are numbers
+ except (ValueError, TypeError):
+ raise ValueError("scilimits must be a sequence of 2 integers")
axis = kwargs.pop('axis', 'both').lower()
if style[:3] == 'sci':
sb = True
@@ -1673,11 +1681,20 @@
sb = None
else:
raise ValueError, "%s is not a valid style value"
- if sb is not None:
- if axis == 'both' or axis == 'x':
- self.xaxis.major.formatter.set_scientific(sb)
- if axis == 'both' or axis == 'y':
- self.yaxis.major.formatter.set_scientific(sb)
+ try:
+ if sb is not None:
+ if axis == 'both' or axis == 'x':
+ self.xaxis.major.formatter.set_scientific(sb)
+ if axis == 'both' or axis == 'y':
+ self.yaxis.major.formatter.set_scientific(sb)
+ if scilimits is not None:
+ if axis == 'both' or axis == 'x':
+ self.xaxis.major.formatter.set_powerlimits(scilimits)
+ if axis == 'both' or axis == 'y':
+ self.yaxis.major.formatter.set_powerlimits(scilimits)
+ except AttributeError:
+ raise AttributeError(
+ "This method only works with the ScalarFormatter.")
def set_axis_off(self):
"""turn off the axis"""
This was sent by the SourceForge.net collaborative development platform, the
world's largest Open Source development site.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge
Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes
Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world
http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/
_______________________________________________
Matplotlib-checkins mailing list
Matplotlib-checkins@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-checkins
