Matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_major_ticks() function in Python

Last Updated : 03 Jun, 2020

Matplotlib is a library in Python and it is numerical – mathematical extension for NumPy library. It is an amazing visualization library in Python for 2D plots of arrays and used for working with the broader SciPy stack.

Matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_major_ticks() Function

The Axis.get_major_ticks() function in axis module of matplotlib library is used to get the tick instances.

Syntax: Axis.get_major_ticks(self, numticks=None)

Parameters: This method accepts the following parameter.

numticks : This parameter is the number of ticks.

Return value: This method returns the tick instances.

Below examples illustrate the matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_major_ticks() function in matplotlib.axis:

Example 1:

Python3

# Implementation of matplotlib function  
import numpy as np 
from matplotlib.axis import Axis   
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt 
import matplotlib.ticker as ticker 
     
np.random.seed(19680801) 
  
fig, ax = plt.subplots() 
ax.plot(100*np.random.rand(20)) 
  
formatter = ticker.FormatStrFormatter('%1.2f') 
Axis.set_major_formatter(ax.yaxis, formatter) 
  
print("Value of get_major_ticks() :") 
for tick in ax.yaxis.get_major_ticks(2): 
    tick.label1.set_color('green') 
    print(tick) 
  
plt.title("Matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_major_ticks()\n\ 
Function Example", fontsize = 12, fontweight ='bold')  
  
plt.show()

Output:

Value of get_major_ticks() :
<matplotlib.axis.XTick object at 0x08A46250>
<matplotlib.axis.XTick object at 0x08A46230>

Example 2:

Python3

# Implementation of matplotlib function  
import numpy as np 
from matplotlib.axis import Axis   
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt 
import matplotlib.ticker as ticker 
     
np.random.seed(19680801) 
  
fig, ax = plt.subplots() 
ax.plot(100*np.random.rand(20)) 
  
formatter = ticker.FormatStrFormatter('%1.2f') 
Axis.set_major_formatter(ax.yaxis, formatter) 
  
print("Value of get_major_ticks() :") 
for tick in ax.xaxis.get_major_ticks(): 
    tick.label1.set_color('red') 
    print(tick) 
  
plt.title("Matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_major_ticks()\n\ 
Function Example", fontsize = 12, fontweight ='bold')  
  
plt.show()

Output:

Value of get_major_ticks() :
<matplotlib.axis.YTick object at 0x07EB79F0>
<matplotlib.axis.YTick object at 0x07EB7670>
<matplotlib.axis.YTick object at 0x07EA8EB0>
<matplotlib.axis.YTick object at 0x090A30B0>
<matplotlib.axis.YTick object at 0x090A32D0>
<matplotlib.axis.YTick object at 0x090A3570>
<matplotlib.axis.YTick object at 0x090A3830>

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