.. _sphx_glr_gallery_ticks_and_spines_scalarformatter.py: ========================================= Tick formatting using the ScalarFromatter ========================================= The example shows use of ScalarFormatter with different settings. Example 1 : Default Example 2 : With no Numerical Offset Example 3 : With Mathtext .. code-block:: python import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np from matplotlib.ticker import ScalarFormatter Example 1 .. code-block:: python x = np.arange(0, 1, .01) fig, [[ax1, ax2], [ax3, ax4]] = plt.subplots(2, 2, figsize=(6, 6)) fig.text(0.5, 0.975, 'The new formatter, default settings', horizontalalignment='center', verticalalignment='top') ax1.plot(x * 1e5 + 1e10, x * 1e-10 + 1e-5) ax1.xaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter()) ax1.yaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter()) ax2.plot(x * 1e5, x * 1e-4) ax2.xaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter()) ax2.yaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter()) ax3.plot(-x * 1e5 - 1e10, -x * 1e-5 - 1e-10) ax3.xaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter()) ax3.yaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter()) ax4.plot(-x * 1e5, -x * 1e-4) ax4.xaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter()) ax4.yaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter()) fig.subplots_adjust(wspace=0.7, hspace=0.6) .. image:: /gallery/ticks_and_spines/images/sphx_glr_scalarformatter_001.png :align: center Example 2 .. code-block:: python x = np.arange(0, 1, .01) fig, [[ax1, ax2], [ax3, ax4]] = plt.subplots(2, 2, figsize=(6, 6)) fig.text(0.5, 0.975, 'The new formatter, no numerical offset', horizontalalignment='center', verticalalignment='top') ax1.plot(x * 1e5 + 1e10, x * 1e-10 + 1e-5) ax1.xaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter(useOffset=False)) ax1.yaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter(useOffset=False)) ax2.plot(x * 1e5, x * 1e-4) ax2.xaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter(useOffset=False)) ax2.yaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter(useOffset=False)) ax3.plot(-x * 1e5 - 1e10, -x * 1e-5 - 1e-10) ax3.xaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter(useOffset=False)) ax3.yaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter(useOffset=False)) ax4.plot(-x * 1e5, -x * 1e-4) ax4.xaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter(useOffset=False)) ax4.yaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter(useOffset=False)) fig.subplots_adjust(wspace=0.7, hspace=0.6) .. image:: /gallery/ticks_and_spines/images/sphx_glr_scalarformatter_002.png :align: center Example 3 .. code-block:: python x = np.arange(0, 1, .01) fig, [[ax1, ax2], [ax3, ax4]] = plt.subplots(2, 2, figsize=(6, 6)) fig.text(0.5, 0.975, 'The new formatter, with mathtext', horizontalalignment='center', verticalalignment='top') ax1.plot(x * 1e5 + 1e10, x * 1e-10 + 1e-5) ax1.xaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter(useMathText=True)) ax1.yaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter(useMathText=True)) ax2.plot(x * 1e5, x * 1e-4) ax2.xaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter(useMathText=True)) ax2.yaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter(useMathText=True)) ax3.plot(-x * 1e5 - 1e10, -x * 1e-5 - 1e-10) ax3.xaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter(useMathText=True)) ax3.yaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter(useMathText=True)) ax4.plot(-x * 1e5, -x * 1e-4) ax4.xaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter(useMathText=True)) ax4.yaxis.set_major_formatter(ScalarFormatter(useMathText=True)) fig.subplots_adjust(wspace=0.7, hspace=0.6) plt.show() .. image:: /gallery/ticks_and_spines/images/sphx_glr_scalarformatter_003.png :align: center **Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes 0.221 seconds) .. only :: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Python source code: scalarformatter.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: scalarformatter.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_