Improve clarity for tick behavior explanation in FAQ#31531
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Improve clarity for tick behavior explanation in FAQ#31531srinagadurga3455 wants to merge 3 commits intomatplotlib:mainfrom
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| Why do I have so many ticks, and/or why are they out of order? | ||
| In simple terms, this happens because Matplotlib treats strings as categories instead of numeric values. As a result, the axis may display ticks in an unexpected order or show too many ticks. |
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I'm sorry but I'm not sure what this adds compared with the explanation below. Also, the dashed lines denote that the question is a title, and we do not want to make the answer part of the title.
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Why this change?
The existing explanation is technically correct but may be difficult for beginners to grasp quickly.
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