Use abs() instead of explicitly checking positive and negative value

Lewn · web-flow · commit e3ba6bae93a5 · 2018-09-07T09:23:54.000+02:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/ticker.py b/lib/matplotlib/ticker.py
@@ -1268,9 +1268,8 @@ def format_eng(self, num):
         # Taking care of the cases like 999.9..., which may be rounded to 1000
         # instead of 1 k.  Beware of the corner case of values that are beyond
         # the range of SI prefixes (i.e. > 'Y').
-        _fmant = float(format(mant, fmt))
-        if ((_fmant >= 1000 or _fmant <= -1000)
-                    and pow10 < max(self.ENG_PREFIXES)):
+        if (abs(float(format(mant, fmt))) >= 1000
+                   and pow10 < max(self.ENG_PREFIXES)):
             mant /= 1000
             pow10 += 3
 
