| """ | |
| ============ | |
| Dollar ticks | |
| ============ | |
| Use a `~.ticker.FormatStrFormatter` to prepend dollar signs on y-axis labels. | |
| .. redirect-from:: /gallery/pyplots/dollar_ticks | |
| """ | |
| import matplotlib.pyplot as plt | |
| import numpy as np | |
| # Fixing random state for reproducibility | |
| np.random.seed(19680801) | |
| fig, ax = plt.subplots() | |
| ax.plot(100*np.random.rand(20)) | |
| # Use automatic StrMethodFormatter | |
| ax.yaxis.set_major_formatter('${x:1.2f}') | |
| ax.yaxis.set_tick_params(which='major', labelcolor='green', | |
| labelleft=False, labelright=True) | |
| plt.show() | |
| # %% | |
| # | |
| # .. admonition:: References | |
| # | |
| # The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown | |
| # in this example: | |
| # | |
| # - `matplotlib.pyplot.subplots` | |
| # - `matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_major_formatter` | |
| # - `matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_tick_params` | |
| # - `matplotlib.axis.Tick` | |
| # - `matplotlib.ticker.StrMethodFormatter` | |