Re: [Matplotlib-users] MultipleLocator and MaxNLocator

[Eric F. <ef...@ha...>]

On 2015/02/14 5:47 AM, Tommy Carstensen wrote:
> Thanks for you answer Eric. I had to get some sleep before trying out
> things. I currently have the code below, but it does not remove the
> zero value tick. It removes the tick at 5 and 10 however.

What is the effect you are trying to achieve?  How would you describe 
the desired tick placement algorithm?

Eric

>
> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
> from matplotlib.ticker import MultipleLocator
> fig = plt.figure()
> ax1 = fig.add_subplot(111)
> ax1.xaxis.set_major_locator(MultipleLocator(5))
> xticks = ax1.xaxis.get_major_ticks()
> #xticks[0].label1.set_visible(False)
> #xticks[-1].label1.set_visible(False)
> ax1.set_xticks(ax1.get_xticks()[1:-1])
> ax1.plot(list(range(11)))
> plt.show()
>
> On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 2:01 AM, Eric Firing <ef...@ha...> wrote:
>> On 2015/02/13 3:29 PM, Tommy Carstensen wrote:
>>> Is it possible to combine MultipleLocator and MaxNLocator? One seems
>>> to erase the effect of the other.
>>
>> They are for different situations.  MultipleLocator is for when you know
>> what you want your tick interval to be; MaxNLocator is for when you
>> don't know that, but you do know roughly how many ticks you want, and
>> what sort of numerical intervals are acceptable.
>>
>> Eric
>>
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