Re: [Matplotlib-users] "zig-zag" to represent suppressed 0 on axis?

[Francesco M. <fra...@gm...>]

Il giorno 08/apr/2013 21:05, "Kevin Hunter Kesling" <kmh...@nc...> ha
scritto:
>
> At 4:20pm -0400 Sun, 07 Apr 2013, Francesco Montesano wrote:
>>
>> Il giorno 07/apr/2013 21:03, Kevin Hunter Kesling ha scritto:
>>
>>> On the other hand, I'm still such a noob at Matplotlib ... is there
>>> a way to have one of the subplots take up more than its default 50%
>>> allotment?
>>
>>
>> you can give a look at the last two plots in this example
>> http://matplotlib.org/examples/pylab_examples/demo_tight_layout.html or
use
>> plot.axes providing the rectangle that you want
>
>
> That is closer to what I want, but still not there.  I was finally able
to find something that fit the bill to 95% of what I want:
>
>
http://matplotlib.1069221.n5.nabble.com/Proposal-for-Broken-Axes-td38050.html
>
> The first post by 'klukas' does exactly what I asked for.  It's a zig-zag
on the Y-axis to show that what is graphed is not continuous, and unlike
the various "official" examples, the zig-zag placement is user-specifiable,
as opposed to exactly halfway between the top and bottom.
>
> The only thing I have yet to figure out how to do is to simultaneously
have a zig-zag on the X axis as well -- an artifact of how these zig-zags
must be created via multiple axes on the same figure, rather than as built
in to the axis artist.
>
> For googleability:
>
> The above linked graph code enables for matplotlib:
>
>  - suppressed zeros on the Y-axis of an XY plot
>  - showing suppressed data on the Y-axis
>  - lightning bolt symbol on the Y-axis
>  - zig-zag on the Y-axis
>  - a "broken" Y-axis
>
> Thanks for your pointers, Francesco, as they helped me to fine-tune my
Google search terms.  And thank you, Klukas, whoever you are.
>

I'm half that you found the solution for your problem and to have been
useful just providing links. This has been one of the easiest answer I have
ever given :)

And mostly thanks for sharing your findings.

cheers and good night,
Fra

> Cheers,
>
> Kevin