turn off scientific notation for matplotlib

Question

I want to turn off the scientific notation for both graphs on the y-axis. I added ticklabel_format but it does not work. how to let two y-axis both use plain notations?

import pandas as pd
import datetime as dt
import pandas_datareader as web
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from matplotlib import style
style.use('dark_background')

prev=3000
end=dt.datetime.today().date()
st=end-pd.to_timedelta(prev,unit='d')

init_jobless=web.DataReader('ICSA','fred',st,end)
cont_jobless=web.DataReader('CCSA','fred',st,end)

fig, axs = plt.subplots(2,sharex=True)
axs[0].plot(init_jobless,label='US Initial Jobless Claims')
axs[0].set_title('US Initial Jobless Claims')
axs[1].plot(cont_jobless)
axs[1].set_title('US Continued Jobless Claims')
axs.ticklabel_format(axis='y',style='plain')
plt.show()
print(init_jobless,cont_jobless)

Does this answer your question? [prevent scientific notation in matplotlib.pyplot](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28371674/prevent-scientific-notation-in-matplotlib-pyplot) — Trenton McKinney, Sep 08 '20 at 15:51

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 30 '21 at 00:37

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You can use this command:

import matplotlib.ticker as ticker
axs[0].yaxis.set_major_formatter(ticker.FormatStrFormatter('%.2f'))

edited Dec 30 '21 at 00:37

JohanC

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answered Sep 08 '20 at 07:22

gtomer

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thank you for your answer, but after I enter the code it returns: builtins.AttributeError: 'numpy.ndarray' object has no attribute 'yaxis' – Austin Jin Sep 08 '20 at 07:40
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@ChenJin You need to set it on specific axis, for example: `axs[0].yaxis.set_major_formatter(...)`. – Péter Leéh Sep 08 '20 at 08:11
What is ticker? – Soerendip Dec 04 '20 at 18:17

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