Change the text of the offset in a matplotlib plot

Asked Apr 14 '13 at 18:27

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I want to change the text of the offset in matplotlib. I made a plot:

x = linspace(0, 11, 1000)
plot(x,2000*(1-exp(-x))+randn(1000))
axis((10.3, 11, 1996.9, 2002.9))

enter image description here

Than the offset is written in the form +1.996e+3. It seems to me too difficult. I want to change it to +1996, or disable to use offset at all. I tried it as follows:

t = gca().yaxis.get_offset_text()
t.set_text('+1996')

It have not worked. What is the right way? Or can I set the format of the offset? Or how can I disable to use offsets?

asked Apr 14 '13 at 18:27

Arpad Horvath -- Слава Україні

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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14442099/matplotlib-how-to-show-all-digits-on-ticks/14443979#14443979 -> how to turn the offset off – tacaswell Apr 14 '13 at 18:36
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`set_scientific` seems like it should do what you want, but it does not. This smells like a bug to me. I will dig into this more later if I have time. – tacaswell Apr 14 '13 at 18:44
I like the other answer for that question as well. Thank you! – Arpad Horvath -- Слава Україні Apr 14 '13 at 18:55
beware of using `FixedFormatter`, it means that the mouse-over value (in the lower left) will no longer update. – tacaswell Apr 14 '13 at 18:58
The question below has a lot of similarity with the current one, and sf.set_scientific does not worked for me in the way the answer (of Saullo Castro) said. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23962958/scientific-tick-label-notation-tuning – Arpad Horvath -- Слава Україні Jun 29 '16 at 20:43

Change the text of the offset in a matplotlib plot

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