Formatter¶

Formatter(formatter, *args, date=False, index=False, **kwargs)[source]¶

Return a Formatter instance.

Parameters

formatter (Formatter, str, list of str, callable(), or tuple) – The formatter specification, interpreted as follows:

If a Formatter instance already, the input argument is simply returned.

If list of strings, the ticks are labeled with these strings. Returns a FixedFormatter if index is False or an IndexFormatter if index is True.

If a function, the labels will be generated using this function. Returns a FuncFormatter.

If a string containing {x} or {x:...}, ticks will be formatted by calling string.format(x=number). Returns a StrMethodFormatter.

If a string containing '%' and date is False, ticks will be formatted using the C-style string % number method. See this page for a review. Returns a FormatStrFormatter.

If a string containing '%' and date is True, datetime string % number` formatting is used. See this page for a review. Returns a DateFormatter.

Otherwise, formatter should be a string corresponding to one of the “registered” formatters or formatter presets (see below table). If formatter is a list or tuple and the first element is a “registered” formatter name, subsequent elements are passed to the formatter class as positional arguments. For example, pplt.Formatter(('sigfig', 3)) is equivalent to Formatter('sigfig', 3).

Key	Class	Description
`'null'`, `'none'`	`NullFormatter`	No tick labels
`'auto'`	`AutoFormatter`	New default tick labels for axes
`'sci'`	`SciFormatter`	Format ticks with scientific notation
`'simple'`	`SimpleFormatter`	New default tick labels for e.g. contour labels
`'sigfig'`	`SigFigFormatter`	Format labels using the first `N` significant digits
`'frac'`	`FracFormatter`	Rational fractions
`'date'`	`AutoDateFormatter`	Default tick labels for datetime axes
`'concise'`	`ConciseDateFormatter`	More concise date labels introduced in matplotlib 3.1
`'datestr'`	`DateFormatter`	Date formatting with C-style `string % format` notation
`'eng'`	`EngFormatter`	Engineering notation
`'fixed'`	`FixedFormatter`	List of strings
`'formatstr'`	`FormatStrFormatter`	From C-style `string % format` notation
`'func'`	`FuncFormatter`	Use an arbitrary function
`'index'`	`IndexFormatter`	List of strings corresponding to non-negative integer positions
`'log'`	`LogFormatterSciNotation`	For log-scale axes with scientific notation
`'logit'`	`LogitFormatter`	For logistic-scale axes
`'percent'`	`PercentFormatter`	Trailing percent sign
`'scalar'`	`ScalarFormatter`	The default matplotlib formatter
`'strmethod'`	`StrMethodFormatter`	From the `string.format` method
`'theta'`	`ThetaFormatter`	Formats radians as degrees, with a degree symbol
`'e'`	`FracFormatter` preset	Fractions of e
`'pi'`	`FracFormatter` preset	Fractions of \(\pi\)
`'tau'`	`FracFormatter` preset	Fractions of the one true circle constant \(\tau\)
`'lat'`	`AutoFormatter` preset	Cardinal “SN” indicator
`'lon'`	`AutoFormatter` preset	Cardinal “WE” indicator
`'deg'`	`AutoFormatter` preset	Trailing degree symbol
`'deglat'`	`AutoFormatter` preset	Trailing degree symbol and cardinal “SN” indicator
`'deglon'`	`AutoFormatter` preset	Trailing degree symbol and cardinal “WE” indicator
`'dms'`	`_PlateCarreeFormatter`	Labels with degree/minute/second support
`'dmslon'`	`LongitudeFormatter`	Longitude labels with degree/minute/second support
`'dmslat'`	`LatitudeFormatter`	Latitude labels with degree/minute/second support

datebool, optional: Toggles the behavior when formatter contains a '%' sign (see above).
indexbool, optional: Controls the behavior when formatter is a list of strings (see above).

Other Parameters: *args, **kwargs – Passed to the Formatter class.
Returns: Formatter – A Formatter instance.