title: Prevent axes from being in scientific notation (powers of 10) using matplotlib in Python on semilogy plot
body: <p>I've read here (<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14711655/how-to-prevent-numbers-being-changed-to-exponential-form-in-python-matplotlib-fi">How to prevent numbers being changed to exponential form in Python matplotlib figure</a>) and here (<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13637689/matplotlib-disable-powers-of-ten-in-log-plot">Matplotlib: disable powers of ten in log plot</a>) and tried their solutions to no avail. </p>
  
  <p><strong>How can I convert my y-axis to display normal decimal numbers instead of scientific notation?</strong> Note this is Python 3.5.2.</p>
  
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  <p>Here's my code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>#Imports:
  import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
  
  possible_chars = 94
  max_length = 8
  pw_possibilities = [] 
  for num_chars in range(1, max_length+1):
      pw_possibilities.append(possible_chars**num_chars)
  
  x = range(1, max_length+1)
  y = pw_possibilities 
  
  #plot 
  plt.figure()
  plt.semilogy(x, y, 'o-')
  plt.xlabel("num chars in password")
  plt.ylabel("number of password possibilities")
  plt.title("password (PW) possibilities verses # chars in PW")
  plt.show()
  </code></pre>