On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Mark Bakker <mark...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello List,
>
> My values on the vertical axis are large, but the range is small:
>
> plot([3004,3005,3006])
>
> By default this plots 0,1,2 as tickmarks along the vertical axis, and then
> at the top of the vertical axis is prints "+3.005e3".
>
> I prefer to simply get 3004,3005,3006 at the tickmarks.
>
> Any (easy) way I can change the default formatting?
>
> Sorry for the easy question,
>
> Mark
>
>
Here is an example of what you are looking for. There are other formatters
as well, but this is pretty straight-forward to modify to your needs.
http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/pylab_examples/custom_ticker1.html?highlight=tick%20formatter
I hope this helps!
Ben Root
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