How to prevent scientific notation in matplotlib boxplot (when ScalarFormatter is not used)?

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boxplot(df.dmass)
ylabel(r'$\Delta M$')
xlabel('peakMz - exactmass')

The values are all around -1, but you cannot guess that from that unfortunate notation.

gca().ticklabel_format(useOffset=False) does not work here.

"does not work" is never a useful problem description. What happens when you use it? — ImportanceOfBeingErnest, Nov 10 '19 at 03:48
AttributeError: This method only works with the ScalarFormatter — Soerendip, Nov 10 '19 at 04:00
Oh yes, because the xaxis doesn't use a ScalarFormatter. So you need to do it only for the y axis I suppose, `gca().ticklabel_format(axis="y", useOffset=False)` — ImportanceOfBeingErnest, Nov 10 '19 at 04:06
Not sure what you mean. You can turn off the offset globally, if that is what you want? — ImportanceOfBeingErnest, Nov 11 '19 at 22:20

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 13 '19 at 21:27

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So, according to ImportanceOfBeingErnest the offset needs to be deactivated axis specific:

gca().ticklabel_format(axis="y", useOffset=False)

for the y-axis.

answered Nov 13 '19 at 21:27

Soerendip

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