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<dd><aclass="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.ticker.MaxNLocator" title="matplotlib.ticker.MaxNLocator"><codeclass="xref py py-class docutils literal"><spanclass="pre">MaxNLocator</span></code></a> with simple defaults. This is the default
<p>See <aclass="reference internal" href="../examples/pylab_examples/major_minor_demo1.html#pylab-examples-major-minor-demo1"><em>pylab_examples example code: major_minor_demo1.py</em></a> for an example of setting
major and minor ticks. See the <aclass="reference internal" href="dates_api.html#module-matplotlib.dates" title="matplotlib.dates"><codeclass="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><spanclass="pre">matplotlib.dates</span></code></a> module for
more information and examples of using date locators and formatters.</p>
<dlclass="class">
<dtid="matplotlib.ticker.TickHelper">
<emclass="property">class </em><codeclass="descclassname">matplotlib.ticker.</code><codeclass="descname">TickHelper</code><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.TickHelper" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="descname">axis</code><emclass="property"> = None</em><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.TickHelper.axis" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="descname">create_dummy_axis</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>**kwargs</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.TickHelper.create_dummy_axis" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dlclass="method">
<dtid="matplotlib.ticker.TickHelper.set_axis">
<codeclass="descname">set_axis</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>axis</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.TickHelper.set_axis" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dlclass="method">
<dtid="matplotlib.ticker.TickHelper.set_bounds">
<codeclass="descname">set_bounds</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>vmin</em>, <em>vmax</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.TickHelper.set_bounds" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="descname">set_data_interval</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>vmin</em>, <em>vmax</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.TickHelper.set_data_interval" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="descname">set_view_interval</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>vmin</em>, <em>vmax</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.TickHelper.set_view_interval" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dlclass="class">
<dtid="matplotlib.ticker.Formatter">
<emclass="property">class </em><codeclass="descclassname">matplotlib.ticker.</code><codeclass="descname">Formatter</code><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.Formatter" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="descname">fix_minus</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>s</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.Formatter.fix_minus" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Some classes may want to replace a hyphen for minus with the
proper unicode symbol (U+2212) for typographical correctness.
The default is to not replace it.</p>
<p>Note, if you use this method, e.g., in <aclass="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.ticker.Formatter.format_data" title="matplotlib.ticker.Formatter.format_data"><codeclass="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><spanclass="pre">format_data()</span></code></a> or
call, you probably don’t want to use it for
<aclass="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.ticker.Formatter.format_data_short" title="matplotlib.ticker.Formatter.format_data_short"><codeclass="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><spanclass="pre">format_data_short()</span></code></a> since the toolbar uses this for
interactive coord reporting and I doubt we can expect GUIs
across platforms will handle the unicode correctly. So for
now the classes that override <aclass="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.ticker.Formatter.fix_minus" title="matplotlib.ticker.Formatter.fix_minus"><codeclass="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><spanclass="pre">fix_minus()</span></code></a> should have an
<codeclass="descname">format_data</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>value</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.Formatter.format_data" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="descname">format_data_short</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>value</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.Formatter.format_data_short" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>return a short string version</p>
</dd></dl>
<dlclass="method">
<dtid="matplotlib.ticker.Formatter.get_offset">
<codeclass="descname">get_offset</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.Formatter.get_offset" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dlclass="attribute">
<dtid="matplotlib.ticker.Formatter.locs">
<codeclass="descname">locs</code><emclass="property"> = []</em><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.Formatter.locs" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dlclass="method">
<dtid="matplotlib.ticker.Formatter.set_locs">
<codeclass="descname">set_locs</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>locs</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.Formatter.set_locs" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dlclass="class">
<dtid="matplotlib.ticker.FixedFormatter">
<emclass="property">class </em><codeclass="descclassname">matplotlib.ticker.</code><codeclass="descname">FixedFormatter</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>seq</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.FixedFormatter" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<p><em>seq</em> is a sequence of strings. For positions <codeclass="docutils literal"><spanclass="pre">i</span><spanclass="pre"><</span><spanclass="pre">len(seq)</span></code> return
<em>seq[i]</em> regardless of <em>x</em>. Otherwise return ‘’</p>
<codeclass="descname">get_offset</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.FixedFormatter.get_offset" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="descname">set_offset_string</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>ofs</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.FixedFormatter.set_offset_string" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dlclass="class">
<dtid="matplotlib.ticker.NullFormatter">
<emclass="property">class </em><codeclass="descclassname">matplotlib.ticker.</code><codeclass="descname">NullFormatter</code><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.NullFormatter" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<emclass="property">class </em><codeclass="descclassname">matplotlib.ticker.</code><codeclass="descname">FuncFormatter</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>func</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.FuncFormatter" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<emclass="property">class </em><codeclass="descclassname">matplotlib.ticker.</code><codeclass="descname">FormatStrFormatter</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>fmt</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.FormatStrFormatter" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<p>Use an old-style (‘%’ operator) format string to format the tick</p>
</dd></dl>
<dlclass="class">
<dtid="matplotlib.ticker.ScalarFormatter">
<emclass="property">class </em><codeclass="descclassname">matplotlib.ticker.</code><codeclass="descname">ScalarFormatter</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>useOffset=None</em>, <em>useMathText=None</em>, <em>useLocale=None</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.ScalarFormatter" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="descname">fix_minus</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>s</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.ScalarFormatter.fix_minus" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="descname">format_data</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>value</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.ScalarFormatter.format_data" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>return a formatted string representation of a number</p>
<codeclass="descname">format_data_short</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>value</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.ScalarFormatter.format_data_short" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>return a short formatted string representation of a number</p>
<codeclass="descname">get_offset</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.ScalarFormatter.get_offset" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return scientific notation, plus offset</p>
<codeclass="descname">get_useLocale</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.ScalarFormatter.get_useLocale" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="descname">get_useOffset</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.ScalarFormatter.get_useOffset" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="descname">pprint_val</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>x</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.ScalarFormatter.pprint_val" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="descname">set_locs</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>locs</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.ScalarFormatter.set_locs" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="descname">set_powerlimits</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>lims</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.ScalarFormatter.set_powerlimits" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Sets size thresholds for scientific notation.</p>
<p>e.g., <codeclass="docutils literal"><spanclass="pre">formatter.set_powerlimits((-3,</span><spanclass="pre">4))</span></code> sets the pre-2007 default
in which scientific notation is used for numbers less than 1e-3 or
greater than 1e4.
See also <aclass="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.ticker.ScalarFormatter.set_scientific" title="matplotlib.ticker.ScalarFormatter.set_scientific"><codeclass="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><spanclass="pre">set_scientific()</span></code></a>.</p>
<codeclass="descname">set_scientific</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>b</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.ScalarFormatter.set_scientific" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>True or False to turn scientific notation on or off
see also <aclass="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.ticker.ScalarFormatter.set_powerlimits" title="matplotlib.ticker.ScalarFormatter.set_powerlimits"><codeclass="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><spanclass="pre">set_powerlimits()</span></code></a></p>
<codeclass="descname">set_useLocale</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>val</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.ScalarFormatter.set_useLocale" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="descname">set_useOffset</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>val</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.ScalarFormatter.set_useOffset" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="descname">useLocale</code><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.ScalarFormatter.useLocale" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="descname">useOffset</code><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.ScalarFormatter.useOffset" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dlclass="class">
<dtid="matplotlib.ticker.LogFormatter">
<emclass="property">class </em><codeclass="descclassname">matplotlib.ticker.</code><codeclass="descname">LogFormatter</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>base=10.0</em>, <em>labelOnlyBase=True</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.LogFormatter" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<p><em>base</em> is used to locate the decade tick,
which will be the only one to be labeled if <em>labelOnlyBase</em>
is <codeclass="docutils literal"><spanclass="pre">False</span></code></p>
<dlclass="method">
<dtid="matplotlib.ticker.LogFormatter.base">
<codeclass="descname">base</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>base</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.LogFormatter.base" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>change the <em>base</em> for labeling - warning: should always match the
base used for <aclass="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.ticker.LogLocator" title="matplotlib.ticker.LogLocator"><codeclass="xref py py-class docutils literal"><spanclass="pre">LogLocator</span></code></a></p>
<codeclass="descname">format_data</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>value</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.LogFormatter.format_data" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="descname">format_data_short</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>value</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.LogFormatter.format_data_short" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>return a short formatted string representation of a number</p>
<codeclass="descname">label_minor</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>labelOnlyBase</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.LogFormatter.label_minor" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="descname">pprint_val</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>x</em>, <em>d</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.LogFormatter.pprint_val" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dlclass="class">
<dtid="matplotlib.ticker.LogFormatterExponent">
<emclass="property">class </em><codeclass="descclassname">matplotlib.ticker.</code><codeclass="descname">LogFormatterExponent</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>base=10.0</em>, <em>labelOnlyBase=True</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.LogFormatterExponent" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<p>Format values for log axis; using <codeclass="docutils literal"><spanclass="pre">exponent</span><spanclass="pre">=</span><spanclass="pre">log_base(value)</span></code></p>
<p><em>base</em> is used to locate the decade tick,
which will be the only one to be labeled if <em>labelOnlyBase</em>
is <codeclass="docutils literal"><spanclass="pre">False</span></code></p>
</dd></dl>
<dlclass="class">
<dtid="matplotlib.ticker.LogFormatterMathtext">
<emclass="property">class </em><codeclass="descclassname">matplotlib.ticker.</code><codeclass="descname">LogFormatterMathtext</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>base=10.0</em>, <em>labelOnlyBase=True</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.LogFormatterMathtext" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<p>Format values for log axis; using <codeclass="docutils literal"><spanclass="pre">exponent</span><spanclass="pre">=</span><spanclass="pre">log_base(value)</span></code></p>
<p><em>base</em> is used to locate the decade tick,
which will be the only one to be labeled if <em>labelOnlyBase</em>
is <codeclass="docutils literal"><spanclass="pre">False</span></code></p>
</dd></dl>
<dlclass="class">
<dtid="matplotlib.ticker.Locator">
<emclass="property">class </em><codeclass="descclassname">matplotlib.ticker.</code><codeclass="descname">Locator</code><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.Locator" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<p>Note, you should not use the same locator between different
<aclass="reference internal" href="axis_api.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis"><codeclass="xref py py-class docutils literal"><spanclass="pre">Axis</span></code></a> because the locator stores references to
the Axis data and view limits</p>
<dlclass="attribute">
<dtid="matplotlib.ticker.Locator.MAXTICKS">
<codeclass="descname">MAXTICKS</code><emclass="property"> = 1000</em><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.Locator.MAXTICKS" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dlclass="method">
<dtid="matplotlib.ticker.Locator.autoscale">
<codeclass="descname">autoscale</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.Locator.autoscale" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>autoscale the view limits</p>
</dd></dl>
<dlclass="method">
<dtid="matplotlib.ticker.Locator.pan">
<codeclass="descname">pan</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>numsteps</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.Locator.pan" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Pan numticks (can be positive or negative)</p>
<codeclass="descname">raise_if_exceeds</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>locs</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.Locator.raise_if_exceeds" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>raise a RuntimeError if Locator attempts to create more than
MAXTICKS locs</p>
</dd></dl>
<dlclass="method">
<dtid="matplotlib.ticker.Locator.refresh">
<codeclass="descname">refresh</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.Locator.refresh" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>refresh internal information based on current lim</p>
</dd></dl>
<dlclass="method">
<dtid="matplotlib.ticker.Locator.tick_values">
<codeclass="descname">tick_values</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>vmin</em>, <em>vmax</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.Locator.tick_values" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return the values of the located ticks given <strong>vmin</strong> and <strong>vmax</strong>.</p>
<divclass="admonition note">
<pclass="first admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>To get tick locations with the vmin and vmax values defined
automatically for the associated <codeclass="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><spanclass="pre">axis</span></code> simply call
<codeclass="descname">view_limits</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>vmin</em>, <em>vmax</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.Locator.view_limits" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>select a scale for the range from vmin to vmax</p>
<p>Normally this method is overridden by subclasses to
change locator behaviour.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dlclass="method">
<dtid="matplotlib.ticker.Locator.zoom">
<codeclass="descname">zoom</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>direction</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.Locator.zoom" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Zoom in/out on axis; if direction is >0 zoom in, else zoom out</p>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dlclass="class">
<dtid="matplotlib.ticker.IndexLocator">
<emclass="property">class </em><codeclass="descclassname">matplotlib.ticker.</code><codeclass="descname">IndexLocator</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>base</em>, <em>offset</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.IndexLocator" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="descname">tick_values</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>vmin</em>, <em>vmax</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.IndexLocator.tick_values" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dlclass="class">
<dtid="matplotlib.ticker.FixedLocator">
<emclass="property">class </em><codeclass="descclassname">matplotlib.ticker.</code><codeclass="descname">FixedLocator</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>locs</em>, <em>nbins=None</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.FixedLocator" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="descname">tick_values</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>vmin</em>, <em>vmax</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.FixedLocator.tick_values" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>”
Return the locations of the ticks.</p>
<divclass="admonition note">
<pclass="first admonition-title">Note</p>
<pclass="last">Because the values are fixed, vmin and vmax are not used in this
method.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dlclass="class">
<dtid="matplotlib.ticker.NullLocator">
<emclass="property">class </em><codeclass="descclassname">matplotlib.ticker.</code><codeclass="descname">NullLocator</code><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.NullLocator" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="descname">tick_values</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>vmin</em>, <em>vmax</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.NullLocator.tick_values" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>”
Return the locations of the ticks.</p>
<divclass="admonition note">
<pclass="first admonition-title">Note</p>
<pclass="last">Because the values are Null, vmin and vmax are not used in this
method.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dlclass="class">
<dtid="matplotlib.ticker.LinearLocator">
<emclass="property">class </em><codeclass="descclassname">matplotlib.ticker.</code><codeclass="descname">LinearLocator</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>numticks=None</em>, <em>presets=None</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.LinearLocator" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="descname">tick_values</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>vmin</em>, <em>vmax</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.LinearLocator.tick_values" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="descname">view_limits</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>vmin</em>, <em>vmax</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.LinearLocator.view_limits" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Try to choose the view limits intelligently</p>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dlclass="class">
<dtid="matplotlib.ticker.LogLocator">
<emclass="property">class </em><codeclass="descclassname">matplotlib.ticker.</code><codeclass="descname">LogLocator</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>base=10.0, subs=[1.0], numdecs=4, numticks=15</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.LogLocator" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<p>place ticks on the location= base**i*subs[j]</p>
<dlclass="method">
<dtid="matplotlib.ticker.LogLocator.base">
<codeclass="descname">base</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>base</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.LogLocator.base" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>set the base of the log scaling (major tick every base**i, i integer)</p>
</dd></dl>
<dlclass="method">
<dtid="matplotlib.ticker.LogLocator.subs">
<codeclass="descname">subs</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>subs</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.LogLocator.subs" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>set the minor ticks the log scaling every base**i*subs[j]</p>
</dd></dl>
<dlclass="method">
<dtid="matplotlib.ticker.LogLocator.tick_values">
<codeclass="descname">tick_values</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>vmin</em>, <em>vmax</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.LogLocator.tick_values" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dlclass="method">
<dtid="matplotlib.ticker.LogLocator.view_limits">
<codeclass="descname">view_limits</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>vmin</em>, <em>vmax</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.LogLocator.view_limits" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Try to choose the view limits intelligently</p>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dlclass="class">
<dtid="matplotlib.ticker.AutoLocator">
<emclass="property">class </em><codeclass="descclassname">matplotlib.ticker.</code><codeclass="descname">AutoLocator</code><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.AutoLocator" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<emclass="property">class </em><codeclass="descclassname">matplotlib.ticker.</code><codeclass="descname">MultipleLocator</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>base=1.0</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.MultipleLocator" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="descname">tick_values</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>vmin</em>, <em>vmax</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.MultipleLocator.tick_values" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="descname">view_limits</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>dmin</em>, <em>dmax</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.MultipleLocator.view_limits" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Set the view limits to the nearest multiples of base that
contain the data</p>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dlclass="class">
<dtid="matplotlib.ticker.MaxNLocator">
<emclass="property">class </em><codeclass="descclassname">matplotlib.ticker.</code><codeclass="descname">MaxNLocator</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>*args</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.MaxNLocator" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="descname">bin_boundaries</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>vmin</em>, <em>vmax</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.MaxNLocator.bin_boundaries" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="descname">default_params</code><emclass="property"> = {'trim': True, 'nbins': 10, 'steps': None, 'prune': None, 'integer': False, 'symmetric': False}</em><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.MaxNLocator.default_params" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dlclass="method">
<dtid="matplotlib.ticker.MaxNLocator.set_params">
<codeclass="descname">set_params</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>**kwargs</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.MaxNLocator.set_params" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="descname">tick_values</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>vmin</em>, <em>vmax</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.MaxNLocator.tick_values" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="descname">view_limits</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>dmin</em>, <em>dmax</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.MaxNLocator.view_limits" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dlclass="class">
<dtid="matplotlib.ticker.AutoMinorLocator">
<emclass="property">class </em><codeclass="descclassname">matplotlib.ticker.</code><codeclass="descname">AutoMinorLocator</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>n=None</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.AutoMinorLocator" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="descname">tick_values</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><em>vmin</em>, <em>vmax</em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.ticker.AutoMinorLocator.tick_values" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>