In Matplotlib, you can create squiggly lines to represent unshown parts of the axis using the `set_minor_formatter` and `set_major_formatter` methods of the `Axes` object. This allows you to customize the tick labels and tick positions for both minor and major ticks. To create squiggly lines, you can use a custom formatter that generates squiggly lines as tick labels.
Here's an example of how to create squiggly lines on the x-axis using Matplotlib:
```python
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from matplotlib.ticker import MultipleLocator, FuncFormatter
# Create some sample data
x = range(1, 11)
y = [2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 0]
# Create a function to format tick labels with squiggly lines
def squiggly_formatter(x, pos):
if x % 2 == 0:
return f'~ {x} ~' # Add squiggly lines to even tick labels
else:
return f'{x}' # Keep odd tick labels as is
# Create a figure and axes
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
# Set major and minor tick locators
major_locator = MultipleLocator(1)
minor_locator = MultipleLocator(0.5)
ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(major_locator)
ax.xaxis.set_minor_locator(minor_locator)
# Set squiggly label format for major and minor ticks
ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(FuncFormatter(squiggly_formatter))
ax.xaxis.set_minor_formatter(FuncFormatter(squiggly_formatter))
# Plot the data
ax.plot(x, y)
plt.xlabel('X-axis')
plt.ylabel('Y-axis')
plt.grid(True, which='both', linestyle='--', linewidth=0.5) # Add grid lines with squiggly style
plt.show()
```
In this example, the `squiggly_formatter` function is used to add squiggly lines to even tick labels while keeping odd tick labels as they are. The `FuncFormatter` is used to apply this custom formatting to both major and minor tick labels. You can modify the `squiggly_formatter` function and other parameters to customize the appearance of your squiggly lines according to your preferences.