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Ricky Robinson
Ricky Robinson

Reputation: 22903

Matplotlib: make x-axis longer

In Matplotlib I need to draw a graph with points on the x-axis on each integer between 1 and 5000 and on the y-axis only in a very limited range.

Matplotlib automatically compacts everything to let all the data fit on a (landscape) page. In my case I would like the x-axis to be as large as possible so that all points are clearly visible. Right now there's just a thick coloured line as opposed to scattered points.

How can I do this?

(I'm saving to pdf, if that helps)

Upvotes: 13

Views: 52683

Answers (1)

Loïc Séguin-C.
Loïc Séguin-C.

Reputation: 1886

You can always try to specify the dimensions (in inches) of the figure you are creating. Something along the following line might help:

fig = plt.figure(figsize=(20, 2))
ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
ax.plot(x, y)

The figsize takes a tuple of width, height in inches.

Upvotes: 20

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