How about prepending '\n' to your minor labels? On Aug 15, 2014, at 1:38PM, Ted To wrote:
> Hi, > > I'm trying to set two lines of xtick_labels But I can't figure out how > to get them on separate lines. These are for errorbars where I have two > variables for each of four categories. Using the following code, I'm > able to create the attached figure. How does one move the "minor" > xtick_labels to a 2nd line? A minor problem that maybe someone knows > the answer to is, how do I increase the width of the x axis so that > there is some space before and after the first and last ticks? > (ax1.set_xlim(-.5,7.5) does not seem to work.) > > Many thanks, > Ted > > fig,ax1=plt.subplots() > ax1.errorbar(wageAllTypes.index,wageAllTypes['mean'],yerr=wageAllTypes['sd'],fmt='bo') > xticks=[0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7] > xticks_minor=[.5,2.5,4.5,6.5] > ax1.set_xticks(xticks) > ax1.set_xticks(xticks_minor, minor=True) > ax1.set_xticklabels(['All Jobs','Job 1','Job 2','Job 3'],minor=True) > ax1.set_xticklabels([r'$w$',r'$\xi$',r'$w$',r'$\xi$',r'$w$',r'$\xi$',r'$w$',r'$\xi$]') > > ax1.tick_params(axis='x',which='major') > ax1.tick_params(axis='x',which='minor',bottom='off',top='off') > ax1.set_ylabel(r'$\ln w$',ha='right',rotation='horizontal') > > ax2 = ax1.twinx() > ax2.errorbar(xiAllTypes.index,xiAllTypes['mean'],yerr=xiAllTypes['sd'],fmt='ro') > ax2.set_ylabel(r'$\xi$',ha='left',rotation='horizontal') > <figure_1.png>------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
