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matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_major_formatter¶

Axis.set_major_formatter(self, formatter)[source]¶

Set the formatter of the major ticker.

Parameters:
formatterFormatter

Examples using matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_major_formatter¶

../../_images/sphx_glr_timeline_thumb.png

Creating a timeline with lines, dates, and text¶

../../_images/sphx_glr_date_thumb.png

Date tick labels¶

../../_images/sphx_glr_date_index_formatter_thumb.png

Custom tick formatter for time series¶

../../_images/sphx_glr_engineering_formatter_thumb.png

Labeling ticks using engineering notation¶

../../_images/sphx_glr_dollar_ticks_thumb.png

Dollar Ticks¶

../../_images/sphx_glr_bachelors_degrees_by_gender_thumb.png

Bachelor's degrees by gender¶

../../_images/sphx_glr_surface3d_thumb.png

3D surface (color map)¶

../../_images/sphx_glr_skewt_thumb.png

SkewT-logP diagram: using transforms and custom projections¶

../../_images/sphx_glr_centered_ticklabels_thumb.png

Centering labels between ticks¶

../../_images/sphx_glr_custom_ticker1_thumb.png

Custom Ticker1¶

../../_images/sphx_glr_date_concise_formatter_thumb.png

Formatting date ticks using ConciseDateFormatter¶

../../_images/sphx_glr_date_demo_convert_thumb.png

Date Demo Convert¶

../../_images/sphx_glr_date_demo_rrule_thumb.png

Date Demo Rrule¶

../../_images/sphx_glr_date_index_formatter2_thumb.png

Date Index Formatter¶

../../_images/sphx_glr_major_minor_demo_thumb.png

Major and minor ticks¶

../../_images/sphx_glr_tick_labels_from_values_thumb.png

Setting tick labels from a list of values¶

../../_images/sphx_glr_lifecycle_thumb.png

The Lifecycle of a Plot¶

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Artist tutorial¶

../../_images/sphx_glr_colormaps_thumb.png

Choosing Colormaps in Matplotlib¶

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Text in Matplotlib Plots¶

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