Symlog Demo#

Example use of symlog (symmetric log) axis scaling.

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

dt = 0.01
x = np.arange(-50.0, 50.0, dt)
y = np.arange(0, 100.0, dt)

fig, (ax0, ax1, ax2) = plt.subplots(nrows=3)

ax0.plot(x, y)
ax0.set_xscale('symlog')
ax0.set_ylabel('symlogx')
ax0.grid()
ax0.xaxis.grid(which='minor')  # minor grid on too

ax1.plot(y, x)
ax1.set_yscale('symlog')
ax1.set_ylabel('symlogy')

ax2.plot(x, np.sin(x / 3.0))
ax2.set_xscale('symlog')
ax2.set_yscale('symlog', linthresh=0.015)
ax2.grid()
ax2.set_ylabel('symlog both')

fig.tight_layout()
plt.show()
symlog demo

It should be noted that the coordinate transform used by symlog has a discontinuous gradient at the transition between its linear and logarithmic regions. The asinh axis scale is an alternative technique that may avoid visual artifacts caused by these discontinuities.

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