Create beautiful square figures with big labels and the correct number of ticks
| def create_figure(size=3.6,nxticks=6): | |
| import matplotlib | |
| from matplotlib.ticker import MaxNLocator | |
| figure=matplotlib.pyplot.figure(figsize=(size,size)) | |
| ax = figure.add_subplot(1, 1, 1, position = [0.2, 0.15, 0.75, 0.75]) | |
| ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(MaxNLocator(nxticks)) | |
| return ax | |
| def format_axes(ax,xf='%d',yf='%d',nxticks=6,nyticks=6,labelsize=10): | |
| import pylab | |
| from matplotlib.ticker import FormatStrFormatter, MaxNLocator | |
| xFormatter = FormatStrFormatter(xf) | |
| yFormatter = FormatStrFormatter(yf) | |
| if xf: | |
| ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(xFormatter) | |
| ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(MaxNLocator(nxticks)) | |
| ax.tick_params(axis='x', which='major', labelsize=labelsize) | |
| if yf: | |
| ax.yaxis.set_major_formatter(yFormatter) | |
| ax.yaxis.set_major_locator(MaxNLocator(nyticks)) | |
| ax.tick_params(axis='y', which='major', labelsize=labelsize) |
Sign up for free
to join this conversation on GitHub.
Already have an account?
Sign in to comment