How to create non linear axis in plot

Question

I'm using matplotlib to plot a series of datas and get a result as below

But I'm expecting to have a non linear axis as below.

How can I make that kind of plot? Thanks in advance.

Laurens Koppenol · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-17 06:45:11Z

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You can set the y-axis to logaritmic by writing plt.yscale('log')

full example:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
example = [pow(2,i) for i in range(10)]
plt.plot(example)
plt.yscale('log')
plt.show()

answered Aug 17, 2016 at 6:45

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See also documentation here : matplotlib.org/users/…

Amitay Stern · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-17 06:50:57Z

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You can use plt.semilogy:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

plt.semilogy([i**2 for i in range(100)])
plt.show()

Result:

answered Aug 17, 2016 at 6:50

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