SigFigFormatter

class SigFigFormatter(sigfig=None, zerotrim=None, base=None)[source]

Bases: Formatter

Format numbers by retaining the specified number of significant digits.

Parameters

  • sigfig (float, default: 3) – The number of significant digits.

  • zerotrim (bool, default: rc['format.zerotrim']) – Whether to trim trailing decimal zeros.

  • base (float, default: 1) – The base unit for rounding. For example SigFigFormatter(2, base=5) rounds to the nearest 5 with up to 2 digits (e.g., 87 –> 85, 8.7 –> 8.5).

See also

proplot.constructor.Formatter, proplot.ticker.AutoFormatter

Methods Summary

__call__(x[, pos])

Convert number to a string.