Matplotlib.ticker.LinearLocator Class in Python
Matplotlib is an amazing visualization library in Python for 2D plots of arrays. Matplotlib is a multi-platform data visualization library built on NumPy arrays and designed to work with the broader SciPy stack.
matplotlib.ticker.LinearLocator
The matplotlib.ticker.LinearLocator class is used to determine the tick locations. At its first call the function tries to set up the number of ticks to make a nice tick partitioning. There after the interactive navigation improves as the number of ticks get fixed. The preset parameter is used to set locs based on lom, which is a dictionary mapping of vmin, vmax -> locs.
Syntax: class matplotlib.ticker.LinearLocator(numticks=None, presets=None)
Parameters:
- numticks: Number of ticks in total.
- presets: It is used to set locs based on lom, which is a dictionary mapping of vmin, vmax -> locs.
Methods of the class:
- set_params(self, numticks=None, presets=None): It is used to set parameters within this locator.
- tick_values(self, vmin, vmax): It returns the values of located ticks between the vmin and vmax.
- view_limits(self, vmin, vmax): It is used to intelligently choose the view limits.
Example 1:
Python3
import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import matplotlib.ticker xGrid = np.linspace( 1 - 1e - 14 , 1 - 1e - 16 , 30 , dtype = np.longdouble) y = np.random.rand( len (xGrid)) plt.plot(xGrid, y) plt.xlim( 1 - 1e - 14 , 1 ) loc = matplotlib.ticker.LinearLocator(numticks = 5 ) plt.gca().xaxis.set_major_locator(loc) plt.show() |
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Example 2:
Python3
import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import matplotlib.ticker as ticker # Setup a plot such that only the bottom # spine is shown def setup(ax): ax.spines[ 'right' ].set_color( 'green' ) ax.spines[ 'left' ].set_color( 'red' ) ax.yaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.NullLocator()) ax.spines[ 'top' ].set_color( 'pink' ) ax.xaxis.set_ticks_position( 'bottom' ) ax.tick_params(which = 'major' , width = 1.00 ) ax.tick_params(which = 'major' , length = 5 ) ax.tick_params(which = 'minor' , width = 0.75 ) ax.tick_params(which = 'minor' , length = 2.5 ) ax.set_xlim( 0 , 5 ) ax.set_ylim( 0 , 1 ) ax.patch.set_alpha( 0.0 ) plt.figure(figsize = ( 8 , 6 )) n = 8 ax = plt.subplot(n, 1 , 4 ) setup(ax) ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.LinearLocator( 3 )) ax.xaxis.set_minor_locator(ticker.LinearLocator( 31 )) ax.text( 0.0 , 0.1 , "LinearLocator", fontsize = 14 , transform = ax.transAxes) plt.subplots_adjust(left = 0.05 , right = 0.95 , bottom = 0.05 , top = 1.05 ) plt.show() |
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