Plots.jl: Tick Format

[lstagner]

Is there anyway to specify the tick format. I have data that goes from 0-1e15 and I would like the ticks to use scientific notation.

[tbreloff]

This is something I've been thinking about. For my purpose I have a
TimeOfDay type which is like a number but I'd like to have special
formatting. I'm thinking maybe a 'tick_formatter' attribute that is a
function (or functor) and defaults to 'string'.

On Monday, July 25, 2016, Luke Stagner [email protected] wrote:

Is there anyway to specify the tick format. I have data that goes from
0-1e15 and I would like the ticks to use scientific notation.

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[tbreloff]

Trying this out:

using Plots; pyplot()
plot(1e6randn(100), yformatter = :scientific)

plot(1e6randn(100), yformatter = yi -> "my custom label: $yi")

Only on julia 0.5 and Plots dev branch

[Cody-G]

I just had the reverse problem, and it seems there's no option to override the automatic scientific notation. According to the docs options are only :scientific or :auto. Could we add an option for standard formatting? Maybe it could be called :none or :nonscientific.

[mkborregaard]

Sounds reasonable. Could you open a fresh issue?

[Cody-G]

Sorry I lost track of this, just opened a new issue: #1840