NewScalarFormatter bugfix for determining offset

ddale · ddale · commit ca5d67d1fbfc · 2005-05-22T03:53:07.000Z
svn path=/trunk/matplotlib/; revision=1357
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/ticker.py b/lib/matplotlib/ticker.py
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ def _set_offset(self, range):
         locs = self.locs
         ave_loc = average(locs)
         if ave_loc: # dont want to take log10(0)
-            ave_oom = math.floor(math.log10(absolute(ave_loc)))
+            ave_oom = math.floor(math.log10(average(absolute(locs))))
             range_oom = math.floor(math.log10(range))
             if absolute(ave_oom-range_oom) >= 4: # four sig-figs
                 if ave_loc < 0: 
