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# Matplotlib xaxis label tweak
import sys
import matplotlib
from matplotlib import pylab, ticker
ROTATION=75
DASHROTATION=75
DASHBASE=10
DASHLEN=35
DASHSTAGGER=3
FONTSIZE=6
def dashlen(step):
return DASHBASE+(DASHLEN*(step%DASHSTAGGER))
def test_dashticklabel():
pylab.clf()
x = [0.0, 1.0, 1.1, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0]
y = [1, 3, 2, 5, 1, 2]
labels = ['foo', 'bar', 'baz', 'alpha', 'beta', 'gamma']
locator = ticker.FixedLocator(x)
formatter = ticker.FixedFormatter(labels)
axis = pylab.axes([0.3, 0.3, 0.4, 0.4])
axis.xaxis.set_major_locator(locator)
axis.xaxis.set_major_formatter(formatter)
axis.yaxis.set_major_locator(locator)
axis.yaxis.set_major_formatter(formatter)
for tick in axis.xaxis.get_major_ticks():
tick.label2On = True
for tick in axis.yaxis.get_major_ticks():
tick.label2On = True
step = 0
for label in axis.get_xticklabels():
pylab.setp(label,
rotation=ROTATION,
dashlength=dashlen(step),
dashrotation=DASHROTATION,
fontsize=FONTSIZE,
)
step += 1
step = 0
for label in axis.get_yticklabels():
pylab.setp(label,
rotation=90-ROTATION,
dashlength=dashlen(step),
dashrotation=90-DASHROTATION,
fontsize=FONTSIZE,
)
step += 1
pylab.xlabel('X Label')
pylab.ylabel('Y Label')
pylab.plot(x, y)
axis.set_xlim((0.0, 6.0))
axis.set_ylim((0.0, 6.0))
pylab.savefig('dashticklabel')
pylab.show()
if __name__ == '__main__':
test_dashticklabel()
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