How to prevent 1e9 from being shown to exponential form in Python matplotlib figure

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I've seen this. How to prevent numbers being changed to exponential form in Python matplotlib figure

However, I've got some custom annotations to put in, and I'd just like matplotlib to just not show the 1e9 marker. Example code below

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import seaborn as sns
sns.set()  # not necessary, but just to reproduce the photo below

f, a = plt.subplots()  # I use the oop interface
pd.DataFrame({'y': [1e9, 2e9, 3e9], 'x': [1, 2, 3]}).set_index('x').plot(ax=a)

Yields:

How do I just not show the 1e9? I have a custom annotation there which says 'billions' and it overlaps.

Something like this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53878397/change-matplotlib-offset-notation-from-scientific-to-plain/53883385#53883385 — ImportanceOfBeingErnest, Oct 09 '19 at 16:26
Or maybe this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45760763/how-to-move-the-y-axis-scale-factor-to-the-position-next-to-the-y-axis-label — ImportanceOfBeingErnest, Oct 09 '19 at 16:36
`pd.DataFrame({'y': [1e9, 2e9, 3e9], 'x': [1, 2, 3]}).set_index('x').div(1e9).plot(ax=a)`? — Quang Hoang, Oct 09 '19 at 17:01

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 09 '19 at 18:12

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My thanks to ImportanceOfBeingErnest above, as

a.yaxis.offsetText.set_visible(False)

solves.

answered Oct 09 '19 at 18:12

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How to prevent 1e9 from being shown to exponential form in Python matplotlib figure

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