Change x-tick intervals when using matplotlib.pyplot

Question

I have the following code. I am trying to plot a line plot.

However, it is plotting too many x-values on the x-axis.

I would like to plot fewer x-axis values (plot one value every few values) so that the x-axis scale is readable.

I would be so grateful for a helping hand!

plt.figure(figsize=(70,70))
ax = sns.lineplot(data=correcteddf,x=listedvariables[i],y="distance",errorbar ='se',err_style='bars',linewidth=4)
ax.set_xlabel('nap_duration_mins',labelpad = 40,fontsize=70,weight='bold')
ax.set_ylabel("Wayfinding Distance (z-score)",labelpad = 40,fontsize=70,weight='bold')
correcteddf[['nap_duration_mins']] = correcteddf[['nap_duration_mins']].astype(float)
ylabels = ['{:,.2f}'.format(x) for x in ax.get_yticks()]
xlabels = ['{:,.2f}'.format(x) for x in ax.get_xticks()]
ax.set_yticklabels(ylabels,weight='bold',fontsize=60)
ax.set_xticklabels(xlabels,weight='bold',fontsize=60,rotation = 30)
plt.xticks(rotation = 30,weight='bold',fontsize=60)
title = ('nap_duration_mins' + ' ' + 'plot')
ax.set_title(title,fontsize=70,pad=40,weight='bold') 
dir_name = "/Users/macbook/Desktop/"
plt.rcParams["savefig.directory"] = os.chdir(os.path.dirname(dir_name))
plt.savefig('nap_duration_mins+' '+'scatterplot')
plt.show()

your question says it's about sns.lineplot but the code seems to imply you are using matplotlib.pyplot. It's the latter one, right? — yagod
– yagod, Commented Nov 29, 2022 at 12:26

yagod · Accepted Answer · 2022-11-29 12:31:33Z

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Here you can see the relevant documentation. Change the line

plt.xticks(rotation = 30,weight='bold',fontsize=60)

to

plt.xticks(ticks = list(range(0,70_000,10_000)),rotation = 30,weight='bold',fontsize=60)

and you will have ticks at only every 10 thousand steps. You can change the list to suit your needs.

answered Nov 29, 2022 at 12:31

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