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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion doc/users/faq.rst
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Expand Up @@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ Please see :ref:`figures-not-showing`.
.. _how-to-too-many-ticks:

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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One common cause for unexpected tick behavior is passing a *list of strings
A common cause for unexpected tick behavior is passing a *list of strings
instead of numbers or datetime objects*. This can easily happen without notice
when reading in a comma-delimited text file. Matplotlib treats lists of strings
as *categorical* variables
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion doc/users/getting_started/index.rst
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Expand Up @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Installation quick-start
Draw a first plot
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Here is a minimal example plot:
Here is a minimal example of a plot:

.. plot::
:include-source:
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