[Matplotlib-users] Change axis's scale

[timothee c. <tc...@st...>]

Hi all,
I have several graph to create and the position on the x axis can vary 
quite a lot.
Most of the time I'm quite happy with the default behavior but when my x 
values are very high matplotlib automatically change the ticks and set a 
scale on the axis (see screenshot) 
<http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/6834/chab052195802198642shif.png>
I looking for a way to change the default behavior to get a scale in 
10E** instead of some random scale.
Is there a simple way of doing that?

Thanks a lot for your help

Tim

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