How to remove values on x,y axis on plot in matplotlib

Question

Is there a way to remove the x/y axis numbers(values) from a plot? I still want to keep the frame and grid in the plot though. /Jonas

possible dublicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2176424/hiding-axis-text-in-matplotlib-plots — scriptmonster, Nov 08 '13 at 13:01
Yes thanks, however is there a way to still have a grid in the plot? — jonas, Nov 08 '13 at 13:02

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 08 '13 at 13:02

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depending on how you have created the plot... the simplest way would be to set the xaxis tick to an empty list

from matplotlib import pylab

x = [1,2,3,4,5]
y = [2,4,6,8,10]

pylab.plot(x,y)
frame = pylab.gca()

frame.axes.get_xaxis().set_ticks([])
frame.axes.get_yaxis().set_ticks([])

pylab.show()

answered Nov 08 '13 at 13:02

Naib

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Yes thanks, however is there a way to still have a grid in the plot? – jonas Nov 08 '13 at 13:03
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set_ticklabels([]) instead of set_ticks([]) – Naib Nov 08 '13 at 13:06
It would be better to use `NullLocator` and `NullForamatter` – tacaswell Nov 08 '13 at 16:48

How to remove values on x,y axis on plot in matplotlib

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