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Backport PR #19665 on branch v3.4.x (Changed FormatStrFormatter documentation to include how to get unicode minus) #19696

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Backport PR #19665 on branch v3.4.x (Changed FormatStrFormatter documentation to include how to get unicode minus) #19696

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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions lib/matplotlib/ticker.py
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Expand Up @@ -411,6 +411,10 @@ class FormatStrFormatter(Formatter):

The format string should have a single variable format (%) in it.
It will be applied to the value (not the position) of the tick.

Negative numeric values will use a dash not a unicode minus,
use mathtext to get a unicode minus by wrappping the format specifier
with $ (e.g. "$%g$").
"""
def __init__(self, fmt):
self.fmt = fmt
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