.. _pyplots-dollar_ticks:

pyplots example code: dollar_ticks.py
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[`source code <dollar_ticks.py>`_]

::

    import numpy as np
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import matplotlib.ticker as ticker
    
    # Fixing random state for reproducibility
    np.random.seed(19680801)
    
    fig = plt.figure()
    ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
    ax.plot(100*np.random.rand(20))
    
    formatter = ticker.FormatStrFormatter('$%1.2f')
    ax.yaxis.set_major_formatter(formatter)
    
    for tick in ax.yaxis.get_major_ticks():
        tick.label1On = False
        tick.label2On = True
        tick.label2.set_color('green')
    
    plt.show()
    

Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)