Matplotlib.axis.Axis.remove_overlapping_locs() function in Python

Last Updated : 05 Jun, 2020

Matplotlib is a library in Python and it is numerical – mathematical extension for NumPy library. It is an amazing visualization library in Python for 2D plots of arrays and used for working with the broader SciPy stack.

Matplotlib.axis.Axis.remove_overlapping_locs Function

The Axis.remove_overlapping_locs function in axis module of matplotlib library is used to trim the minor ticker locations that overlap with major ticker locations.

Syntax: Axis.remove_overlapping_locs

Parameters: This method accepts the following parameters.

formatter: This parameter is the locator.

Return value: This method does not returns any value.

Below examples illustrate the matplotlib.axis.Axis.remove_overlapping_locs function in matplotlib.axis:

Example 1:

Python3

# Implementation of matplotlib function  
from matplotlib.axis import Axis 
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt  
from matplotlib.ticker import MultipleLocator, ScalarFormatter  
     
fig, ax = plt.subplots()  
ax.plot([0, 5, 10, 15, 20], [3, 2, 1, 2, 4])  
     
Axis.set_minor_locator(ax.xaxis, MultipleLocator(1))  
Axis.set_minor_formatter(ax.xaxis, ScalarFormatter()) 
Axis.set_major_locator(ax.xaxis, MultipleLocator(4))  
     
ax.tick_params(axis ='both', which ='major',   
               labelsize = 14, pad = 12,   
               colors ='g')  
     
ax.tick_params(axis ='both', which ='minor',  
               labelsize = 8, colors ='b') 
ax.xaxis.remove_overlapping_locs 
    
plt.title("Matplotlib.axis.Axis.remove_overlapping_locs \ 
Example", fontsize = 12, fontweight ='bold')  
  
plt.show()

Output:

Example 2:

Python3

# Implementation of matplotlib function  
from matplotlib.axis import Axis 
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt  
import matplotlib.ticker as ticker 
from matplotlib.ticker import MultipleLocator, ScalarFormatter 
     
     
x = [0, 5, 9, 10, 15]  
y = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4]  
     
tick_spacing = 1
     
fig, ax = plt.subplots(1, 1)  
ax.plot(x, y) 
  
Axis.set_major_locator(ax.xaxis,  
                       ticker.MultipleLocator(3)) 
Axis.set_minor_locator(ax.xaxis,  
                       ticker.MultipleLocator(tick_spacing)) 
Axis.set_minor_formatter(ax.xaxis, ScalarFormatter()) 
ax.xaxis.remove_overlapping_locs 
    
plt.title("Matplotlib.axis.Axis.remove_overlapping_locs \ 
Example", fontsize = 12, fontweight ='bold')  
  
plt.show()