Matplotlib.axes.Axes.format_ydata() in Python
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19 Apr, 2020
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Matplotlib is a library in Python and it is numerical – mathematical extension for NumPy library. The Axes Class contains most of the figure elements: Axis, Tick, Line2D, Text, Polygon, etc., and sets the coordinate system. And the instances of Axes supports callbacks through a callbacks attribute.
matplotlib.axes.Axes.format_ydata() Function
The Axes.format_ydata() function in axes module of matplotlib library is used to return y formatted as an y-value.
Syntax:
Axes.format_ydata(self, y)
Below examples illustrate the matplotlib.axes.Axes.format_ydata() function in matplotlib.axes:
Example 1:
# Implementation of matplotlib function import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import matplotlib.dates as mdates import matplotlib.cbook as cbook years = mdates.YearLocator() months = mdates.MonthLocator() years_fmt = mdates.DateFormatter( '% Y' ) with cbook.get_sample_data( 'goog.npz' ) as datafile: data = np.load(datafile)[ 'price_data' ].view(np.recarray) fig, ax = plt.subplots() ax.plot( 'date' , 'adj_close' , data = data[: 300 ], color = "green" ) ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(years) ax.format_ydata = lambda x: '$% 1.2f' % x ax.grid( True ) fig.autofmt_xdate() fig.suptitle('matplotlib.axes.Axes.format_ydata() function\ Example', fontweight = "bold" ) plt.show() |
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Example 2:
# Implementation of matplotlib function import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import matplotlib.dates as mdates import matplotlib.cbook as cbook years = mdates.YearLocator() months = mdates.MonthLocator() years_fmt = mdates.DateFormatter( '% Y' ) with cbook.get_sample_data( 'goog.npz' ) as datafile: data = np.load(datafile)[ 'price_data' ] fig, ax = plt.subplots() ax.plot( 'date' , 'adj_close' , data = data, color = "k" ) ax.yaxis.set_major_locator(years) ax.yaxis.set_major_formatter(years_fmt) ax.yaxis.set_minor_locator(months) ax.format_ydata = mdates.DateFormatter( '% Y' ) ax.grid( True ) fig.suptitle('matplotlib.axes.Axes.format_ydata() function\ Example', fontweight = "bold" ) plt.show() |
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