>>> """
=============
Tick locators
=============

Tick locators define the position of the ticks.

This example illustrates the usage and effect of the most common locators.
"""
... 
... import numpy as np
... import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
... import matplotlib.ticker as ticker
... 
... 
... def setup(ax, title):
...     """Set up common parameters for the Axes in the example."""
...     # only show the bottom spine
...     ax.yaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.NullLocator())
...     ax.spines.right.set_color('none')
...     ax.spines.left.set_color('none')
...     ax.spines.top.set_color('none')
... 
...     ax.xaxis.set_ticks_position('bottom')
...     ax.tick_params(which='major', width=1.00, length=5)
...     ax.tick_params(which='minor', width=0.75, length=2.5)
...     ax.set_xlim(0, 5)
...     ax.set_ylim(0, 1)
...     ax.text(0.0, 0.2, title, transform=ax.transAxes,
...             fontsize=14, fontname='Monospace', color='tab:blue')
... 
... 
... fig, axs = plt.subplots(8, 1, figsize=(8, 6))
... 
... # Null Locator
... setup(axs[0], title="NullLocator()")
... axs[0].xaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.NullLocator())
... axs[0].xaxis.set_minor_locator(ticker.NullLocator())
... 
... # Multiple Locator
... setup(axs[1], title="MultipleLocator(0.5)")
... axs[1].xaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.MultipleLocator(0.5))
... axs[1].xaxis.set_minor_locator(ticker.MultipleLocator(0.1))
... 
... # Fixed Locator
... setup(axs[2], title="FixedLocator([0, 1, 5])")
... axs[2].xaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.FixedLocator([0, 1, 5]))
... axs[2].xaxis.set_minor_locator(ticker.FixedLocator(np.linspace(0.2, 0.8, 4)))
... 
... # Linear Locator
... setup(axs[3], title="LinearLocator(numticks=3)")
... axs[3].xaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.LinearLocator(3))
... axs[3].xaxis.set_minor_locator(ticker.LinearLocator(31))
... 
... # Index Locator
... setup(axs[4], title="IndexLocator(base=0.5, offset=0.25)")
... axs[4].plot(range(0, 5), [0]*5, color='white')
... axs[4].xaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.IndexLocator(base=0.5, offset=0.25))
... 
... # Auto Locator
... setup(axs[5], title="AutoLocator()")
... axs[5].xaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.AutoLocator())
... axs[5].xaxis.set_minor_locator(ticker.AutoMinorLocator())
... 
... # MaxN Locator
... setup(axs[6], title="MaxNLocator(n=4)")
... axs[6].xaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.MaxNLocator(4))
... axs[6].xaxis.set_minor_locator(ticker.MaxNLocator(40))
... 
... # Log Locator
... setup(axs[7], title="LogLocator(base=10, numticks=15)")
... axs[7].set_xlim(10**3, 10**10)
... axs[7].set_xscale('log')
... axs[7].xaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.LogLocator(base=10, numticks=15))
... 
... plt.tight_layout()
... plt.show()
...