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.. _sphx_glr_intro_matplotlib_auto_examples_options_plot_ticks.py:


Locators for tick on axis
==========================

An example demoing different locators to position ticks on axis for
matplotlib.

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.. image-sg:: /intro/matplotlib/auto_examples/options/images/sphx_glr_plot_ticks_001.png
   :alt: plot ticks
   :srcset: /intro/matplotlib/auto_examples/options/images/sphx_glr_plot_ticks_001.png
   :class: sphx-glr-single-img





.. code-block:: Python


    import numpy as np

    from matplotlib import ticker
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt


    def tickline():
        plt.xlim(0, 10), plt.ylim(-1, 1), plt.yticks([])
        ax = plt.gca()
        ax.spines["right"].set_color("none")
        ax.spines["left"].set_color("none")
        ax.spines["top"].set_color("none")
        ax.xaxis.set_ticks_position("bottom")
        ax.spines["bottom"].set_position(("data", 0))
        ax.yaxis.set_ticks_position("none")
        ax.xaxis.set_minor_locator(ticker.MultipleLocator(0.1))
        ax.plot(np.arange(11), np.zeros(11))
        return ax


    locators = [
        "ticker.NullLocator()",
        "ticker.MultipleLocator(1.0)",
        "ticker.FixedLocator([0, 2, 8, 9, 10])",
        "ticker.IndexLocator(3, 1)",
        "ticker.LinearLocator(5)",
        "ticker.LogLocator(2, [1.0])",
        "ticker.AutoLocator()",
    ]

    n_locators = len(locators)

    size = 512, 40 * n_locators
    dpi = 72.0
    figsize = size[0] / float(dpi), size[1] / float(dpi)
    fig = plt.figure(figsize=figsize, dpi=dpi)
    fig.patch.set_alpha(0)


    for i, locator in enumerate(locators):
        plt.subplot(n_locators, 1, i + 1)
        ax = tickline()
        ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(eval(locator))
        plt.text(5, 0.3, locator[7:], ha="center")

    plt.subplots_adjust(bottom=0.01, top=0.99, left=0.01, right=0.99)
    plt.show()


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