Update doc/users/faq/howto_faq.rst

jklymak · timhoffm · web-flow · commit f49ca610824c · 2022-01-10T11:07:10.000+01:00
Co-authored-by: Tim Hoffmann &lt;2836374+timhoffm@users.noreply.github.com&gt;
diff --git a/doc/users/faq/howto_faq.rst b/doc/users/faq/howto_faq.rst
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     ax[1].tick_params(axis='x', labelcolor='red', labelsize=14)
 
 The solution is to convert the list of strings to numbers or
-datetime objects (often ``np.asarray(['2', '5', '1'], dtype='float')`` or::
-
-    np.asarray(['2021-10-01', '2021-11-02', '2021-12-03'],
-               dtype='datetime64[s]')
+datetime objects (often ``np.asarray(numeric_strings, dtype='float')`` or
+``np.asarray(datetime_strings, dtype='datetime64[s]')``).
 
 For more information see :doc:`/gallery/ticks/ticks_too_many`.
 
