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Matplotlib currency label formatting guide
# Licensed under the MIT License. See comment below for full licence information.
import pandas as pd
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from matplotlib import ticker
df = pd.read_csv("bitcoin-historical-price.csv")[["Date","Value"]]
df["Date"] = pd.to_datetime(df.Date)
plt.style.use("fivethirtyeight")
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
ax.semilogy(df.Date, df.Value)
ax.yaxis.set_minor_locator(ticker.LogLocator(subs='auto'))
ax.yaxis.set_major_formatter("${x:,.1f}")
ax.yaxis.set_minor_formatter("${x:,.1f}")
plt.show()
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Copyright 2021 Chad Thackray

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