Minor ticks

minorticks_on adds unlabeled subdivisions between the major ticks – linear subdivisions on the left, sub-decade marks on a log axis in the middle. minorticks_off (right) removes them again – the default, shown here after first turning them on to make the round trip explicit.

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import numpy as np
import plotpress

x = np.linspace(1, 100, 200)

fig, axes = plotpress.subplots(1, 3, figsize=(11, 3.5))
axes[0].plot(x, np.sin(x / 5))
axes[0].minorticks_on()
axes[0].set_title("linear")

axes[1].loglog(x, x ** 1.5)
axes[1].minorticks_on()
axes[1].set_title("log-log")

axes[2].plot(x, np.sin(x / 5))
axes[2].minorticks_on()
axes[2].minorticks_off()
axes[2].set_title("minorticks_off")
fig.tight_layout()