MAINT: Responses to PR#6251

madphysicist · madphysicist · commit 3318d7787d72 · 2016-03-30T17:35:02.000-04:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/ticker.py b/lib/matplotlib/ticker.py
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
 :class:`EngFormatter`
     Format labels in engineering notation
 
-:class:`PerentFormatter`
+:class:`PercentFormatter`
     Format labels as a percentage
 
 You can derive your own formatter from the Formatter base class by
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ def __init__(self, unit="", places=None):
         suitable for use with single-letter representations of powers of
         1000. For example, 'Hz' or 'm'.
 
-        `places` is the percision with which to display the number,
+        `places` is the prrcision with which to display the number,
         specified in digits after the decimal point (there will be
         between one and three digits before the decimal point).
         """
@@ -1083,12 +1083,12 @@ class PercentFormatter(Formatter):
     Format numbers as a percentage.
 
     How the number is converted into a percentage is determined by the
-    `mx` parameter. `mx` is the data value that corresponds to 100%.
-    Percentages are computed as ``x / mx * 100``. So if the data is
-    already scaled to be percentages, `mx` will be 100. Another common
+    `max` parameter. `max` is the data value that corresponds to 100%.
+    Percentages are computed as ``x / max * 100``. So if the data is
+    already scaled to be percentages, `max` will be 100. Another common
     situation is where `max` is 1.0.
     """
-    def __init__(self, mx=100, decimals=None, symbol='%'):
+    def __init__(self, max=100, decimals=None, symbol='%'):
         """
         Initializes the formatter.
 
@@ -1097,7 +1097,7 @@ def __init__(self, mx=100, decimals=None, symbol='%'):
         or empty to indicate that no symbol should be used. `decimals`
         is the number of decimal places to place after the 
         """
-        self.max = mx + 0.0
+        self.max = max + 0.0
         self.decimals = decimals
         self.symbol = symbol
 
@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ def format_pct(self, x, d):
         return s
 
     def convert_to_pct(self, x):
-        return x / self.max * 100.0
+        return 100.0 * (x / self.max)
 
 
 class Locator(TickHelper):
