""" ========================== The default tick formatter ========================== The example shows use of the default `.ScalarFormatter` with different settings. Example 1 : Default Example 2 : With no Numerical Offset Example 3 : With Mathtext """ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np ############################################################################### # Example 1 x = np.arange(0, 1, .01) fig, [[ax1, ax2], [ax3, ax4]] = plt.subplots(2, 2, figsize=(6, 6)) fig.text(0.5, 0.975, 'Default settings', horizontalalignment='center', verticalalignment='top') ax1.plot(x * 1e5 + 1e10, x * 1e-10 + 1e-5) ax2.plot(x * 1e5, x * 1e-4) ax3.plot(-x * 1e5 - 1e10, -x * 1e-5 - 1e-10) ax4.plot(-x * 1e5, -x * 1e-4) fig.subplots_adjust(wspace=0.7, hspace=0.6) ############################################################################### # Example 2 x = np.arange(0, 1, .01) fig, [[ax1, ax2], [ax3, ax4]] = plt.subplots(2, 2, figsize=(6, 6)) fig.text(0.5, 0.975, 'No numerical offset', horizontalalignment='center', verticalalignment='top') ax1.plot(x * 1e5 + 1e10, x * 1e-10 + 1e-5) ax1.ticklabel_format(useOffset=False) ax2.plot(x * 1e5, x * 1e-4) ax2.ticklabel_format(useOffset=False) ax3.plot(-x * 1e5 - 1e10, -x * 1e-5 - 1e-10) ax3.ticklabel_format(useOffset=False) ax4.plot(-x * 1e5, -x * 1e-4) ax4.ticklabel_format(useOffset=False) fig.subplots_adjust(wspace=0.7, hspace=0.6) ############################################################################### # Example 3 x = np.arange(0, 1, .01) fig, [[ax1, ax2], [ax3, ax4]] = plt.subplots(2, 2, figsize=(6, 6)) fig.text(0.5, 0.975, 'With mathtext', horizontalalignment='center', verticalalignment='top') ax1.plot(x * 1e5 + 1e10, x * 1e-10 + 1e-5) ax1.ticklabel_format(useMathText=True) ax2.plot(x * 1e5, x * 1e-4) ax2.ticklabel_format(useMathText=True) ax3.plot(-x * 1e5 - 1e10, -x * 1e-5 - 1e-10) ax3.ticklabel_format(useMathText=True) ax4.plot(-x * 1e5, -x * 1e-4) ax4.ticklabel_format(useMathText=True) fig.subplots_adjust(wspace=0.7, hspace=0.6) plt.show()