python - Change x axes scale in matplotlib

Question

I created this plot using Matlab

Using matplotlib, the x-axies draws large numbers such as 100000, 200000, 300000. I would like to have something like 1, 2, 3 and a 10^5 to indicate that it's actually 100000, 200000, 300000.

Is there a simple way to create such scale in matplotlib?

Answer 1

Try using matplotlib.pyplot.ticklabel_format:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
...
plt.ticklabel_format(style='sci', axis='x', scilimits=(0,0))

This applies scientific notation (i.e. a x 10^b) to your x-axis tickmarks