.. _pylab_examples-newscalarformatter_demo: pylab_examples example code: newscalarformatter_demo.py ======================================================= .. plot:: /home/tcaswell/other_source/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/pylab_examples/newscalarformatter_demo.py :: #!/usr/bin/env python # Demonstrating the improvements and options of the proposed new ScalarFormatter from pylab import * from matplotlib.ticker import OldScalarFormatter x=frange(0,1,.01) f=figure(figsize=(6,6)) f.text(0.5,0.975,'The old formatter',horizontalalignment='center',verticalalignment='top') subplot(221) plot(x*1e5+1e10,x*1e-10+1e-5) gca().xaxis.set_major_formatter(OldScalarFormatter()) gca().yaxis.set_major_formatter(OldScalarFormatter()) subplot(222) plot(x*1e5,x*1e-4) gca().xaxis.set_major_formatter(OldScalarFormatter()) gca().yaxis.set_major_formatter(OldScalarFormatter()) subplot(223) plot(-x*1e5-1e10,-x*1e-5-1e-10) gca().xaxis.set_major_formatter(OldScalarFormatter()) gca().yaxis.set_major_formatter(OldScalarFormatter()) subplot(224) plot(-x*1e5,-x*1e-4) gca().xaxis.set_major_formatter(OldScalarFormatter()) gca().yaxis.set_major_formatter(OldScalarFormatter()) x=frange(0,1,.01) f=figure(figsize=(6,6)) f.text(0.5,0.975,'The new formatter, default settings',horizontalalignment='center', verticalalignment='top') subplot(221) plot(x*1e5+1e10,x*1e-10+1e-5) gca().xaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter()) gca().yaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter()) subplot(222) plot(x*1e5,x*1e-4) gca().xaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter()) gca().yaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter()) subplot(223) plot(-x*1e5-1e10,-x*1e-5-1e-10) gca().xaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter()) gca().yaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter()) subplot(224) plot(-x*1e5,-x*1e-4) gca().xaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter()) gca().yaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter()) x=frange(0,1,.01) f=figure(figsize=(6,6)) f.text(0.5,0.975,'The new formatter, no numerical offset',horizontalalignment='center', verticalalignment='top') subplot(221) plot(x*1e5+1e10,x*1e-10+1e-5) gca().xaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter(useOffset=False)) gca().yaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter(useOffset=False)) subplot(222) plot(x*1e5,x*1e-4) gca().xaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter(useOffset=False)) gca().yaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter(useOffset=False)) subplot(223) plot(-x*1e5-1e10,-x*1e-5-1e-10) gca().xaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter(useOffset=False)) gca().yaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter(useOffset=False)) subplot(224) plot(-x*1e5,-x*1e-4) gca().xaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter(useOffset=False)) gca().yaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter(useOffset=False)) x=frange(0,1,.01) f=figure(figsize=(6,6)) f.text(0.5,0.975,'The new formatter, with mathtext',horizontalalignment='center', verticalalignment='top') subplot(221) plot(x*1e5+1e10,x*1e-10+1e-5) gca().xaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter(useMathText=True)) gca().yaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter(useMathText=True)) subplot(222) plot(x*1e5,x*1e-4) gca().xaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter(useMathText=True)) gca().yaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter(useMathText=True)) subplot(223) plot(-x*1e5-1e10,-x*1e-5-1e-10) gca().xaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter(useMathText=True)) gca().yaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter(useMathText=True)) subplot(224) plot(-x*1e5,-x*1e-4) gca().xaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter(useMathText=True)) gca().yaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter(useMathText=True)) show() Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)