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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"`ax.get_xaxis().get_minorticklabels()` always returns list of empty strings","articleBody":"### Bug report\r\n\r\n**Bug summary**\r\n\r\n`ax.get_xaxis().get_minorticklabels()` always returns list of empty strings.\r\n\r\n**Code for reproduction**\r\n\r\n```python\r\nimport matplotlib\r\nimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt\r\n\r\nfig, ax = plt.subplots()\r\n\r\nax.set_xscale('log')\r\nax.set_yscale('log')\r\n\r\nax.set_xlim([2e-2, 2e-1])\r\nax.set_ylim([2e+1, 2e+3])\r\n\r\nax.plot([0.02, 0.1, 0.2], [20, 1000, 2000])\r\n\r\nax.get_xaxis().set_major_formatter(matplotlib.ticker.ScalarFormatter())\r\nax.get_xaxis().set_minor_formatter(matplotlib.ticker.ScalarFormatter())\r\n\r\nfig.canvas.draw()\r\n\r\nprint([item.get_text() for item in ax.get_xaxis().get_minorticklabels()])\r\n\r\nplt.show()\r\n```\r\n\r\n**Actual outcome**\r\n\r\n```bash\r\n['', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '']\r\n```\r\n\r\n![test](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/7030445/56143792-76433480-5fa1-11e9-8f30-334e83ca2bba.png)\r\n\r\n**Expected outcome**\r\n\r\n```bash\r\n['0.00', '0.00', '0.00', '0.01', '0.01', '0.01', '0.01', '0.01', '0.02', '0.03', '0.04', '0.05', '0.06', '0.07', '0.08', '0.09', '0.20', '0.30', '0.40', '0.50', '0.60', '0.70', '0.80', '0.90', '2.00', '3.00', '4.00', '5.00', '6.00', '7.00', '8.00', '9.00', '20.00', '30.00', '40.00', '50.00', '60.00', '70.00', '80.00', '90.00']\r\n```\r\n\r\n**Matplotlib version**\r\n\r\n  * Operating system: macOS Mojave 10.14.4\r\n  * Matplotlib version: 3.0.3\r\n  * Matplotlib backend (`print(matplotlib.get_backend())`): `MacOSX`\r\n  * Python version: 3.7.3\r\n\r\nPython installed using homebrew, matplotlib using pip.\r\n\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/tdegeus","@type":"Person","name":"tdegeus"},"datePublished":"2019-04-15T15:11:29.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":6},"url":"https://github.com/13968/matplotlib/issues/13968"}