matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_major_locator

Axis.set_major_locator(locator)

Set the locator of the major ticker.

Parameters

locatorLocator

Examples using matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_major_locator

Hatch-filled histograms

Creating a timeline with lines, dates, and text

Date tick labels

Anatomy of a figure

3D surface (colormap)

3D surface (checkerboard)

Scales

MRI With EEG

SkewT-logP diagram: using transforms and custom projections

Centering labels between ticks

Formatting date ticks using ConciseDateFormatter

Date Demo Convert

Placing date ticks using recurrence rules

Major and minor ticks

Setting tick labels from a list of values

Choosing Colormaps in Matplotlib

Text in Matplotlib Plots