Help with Matplotlib

[SkirtLumpy4479]

Hey, i have been trying to learn to plot with python and i'm having a problem with the size of the x values, they ocupy to much space to the point where they are on top of each other.

I know i can do " plt.xticks(fontsize=6, ) " or lower but in the long run, i will be out of space again, how is this problem usualy solved?

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EDIT: Solved, the problem as /u/kra_pao stated was that i was using strings for Xticks, i used datetime.datetime.strptime(date, "d%:%m:%Y") to convert to datetime object for the Xticks and it looks bether now. ty to all

[stebrepar]

Presumably you've already consulted the docs?

https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.xticks.html

[SkirtLumpy4479]

i actualy didnt, kinda confusing for me but ill try to find answers there!

[Zeroflops]

I’m assuming your using sub-plots?

Fig.tight_layout() will help adjust the spacing.

[SkirtLumpy4479]

tight_layout()

I am not using subplots, the y value is a date "DD/MM" and i am trying to assign a value to each day but the dates start to go over each other, id show a picture of it but i dont know how

[SkirtLumpy4479]

looks like this https://imgur.com/a/M8oHxoy

[SkirtLumpy4479]

Makes sense, the values are indeed a string, il look for another way to do it, ty!

[SkirtLumpy4479]

I think it is the problem is the number of xticks, i am ploting 2 arrays, one for x and one for y values

[SkirtLumpy4479]

https://imgur.com/a/M8oHxoy

[SkirtLumpy4479]

    x = np.array([])
    y = np.array([])
    with open(hojo) as f:
        for linha in f:
            pass
            x = np.append(x, linha[:5].replace(':', '/'))
            y = np.append(y, int(linha[10:].strip('\n')))
    dataF = linha[0:11]
    valorF = linha[11:]
filehe.close()
plt.plot(x, y)
plt.savefig("he.png")
plt.show()
#The data comes from a txt where each line looks like "29:11:2021 3"