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30 | 30 | fig.subplots_adjust(left=.06, right=.75, bottom=.02, top=.94) |
31 | 31 | # Limit the range of the plot to only where the data is. |
32 | 32 | # Avoid unnecessary whitespace. |
33 | | -ax.set_xlim(1968.5, 2011.1) |
| 33 | +ax.set_xlim(1969.5, 2011.1) |
34 | 34 | ax.set_ylim(-0.25, 90) |
35 | | -ax.get_xaxis().get_major_formatter().set_useOffset(False) |
36 | 35 |
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37 | 36 | # Make sure your axis ticks are large enough to be easily read. |
38 | 37 | # You don't want your viewers squinting to read your plot. |
39 | 38 | plt.xticks(range(1970, 2011, 10), fontsize=14) |
40 | | -plt.yticks(range(0, 91, 10), ['{0}%'.format(x) |
41 | | - for x in range(0, 91, 10)], fontsize=14) |
| 39 | +plt.yticks(range(0, 91, 10), fontsize=14) |
| 40 | +ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(plt.FuncFormatter('{:.0f}'.format)) |
| 41 | +ax.yaxis.set_major_formatter(plt.FuncFormatter('{:.0f}%'.format)) |
42 | 42 |
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43 | 43 | # Provide tick lines across the plot to help your viewers trace along |
44 | 44 | # the axis ticks. Make sure that the lines are light and small so they |
45 | 45 | # don't obscure the primary data lines. |
46 | | -for y in range(10, 91, 10): |
47 | | - plt.plot(range(1969, 2012), [y] * len(range(1969, 2012)), '--', |
48 | | - lw=0.5, color='black', alpha=0.3) |
| 46 | +plt.grid(True, 'major', 'y', ls='--', lw=.5, c='k', alpha=.3) |
49 | 47 |
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50 | 48 | # Remove the tick marks; they are unnecessary with the tick lines we just |
51 | 49 | # plotted. |
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100 | 98 | # You can also save it as a PDF, JPEG, etc. |
101 | 99 | # Just change the file extension in this call. |
102 | 100 | # plt.savefig('percent-bachelors-degrees-women-usa.png', bbox_inches='tight') |
| 101 | +plt.show() |
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