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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"[Bug]: `get_ticklocs()` returns ticks outside axis limits for log scale","articleBody":"### Bug summary\n\n`get_ticklocs()` is returning ticks outside the axis limits, when the scale is set to log.\r\n\r\nI discovered this when writing some tests for `LogLocator` in https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/24436.\n\n### Code for reproduction\n\n```python\nimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt\r\n\r\nfig, ax = plt.subplots()\r\n\r\nax.set_xscale('log')\r\nax.set_xlim(1, 99)\r\n\r\nfig.canvas.draw()\r\nprint(ax.xaxis.get_ticklocs())\r\n# [1.e-01 1.e+00 1.e+01 1.e+02 1.e+03]\r\nplt.show()\n```\n\n\n### Actual outcome\n\nPrints `[1.e-01 1.e+00 1.e+01 1.e+02 1.e+03]`, but plots this:\r\n\r\n![log_ticks](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/6197628/204923640-b5f2b1cc-cdb5-4192-ab59-522d347fc0fe.png)\r\n\r\nNote that the only ticks shown on this graph are 1 and 10.\n\n### Expected outcome\n\n`ax.xaxis.get_ticklocs()` returns only tick locations present on the axis.\n\n### Additional information\n\n_No response_\n\n### Operating system\n\n_No response_\n\n### Matplotlib Version\n\n3.7.0.dev656+g79807c34ad.d20221130\n\n### Matplotlib Backend\n\n_No response_\n\n### Python version\n\n_No response_\n\n### Jupyter version\n\n_No response_\n\n### Installation\n\n_No response_","author":{"url":"https://github.com/dstansby","@type":"Person","name":"dstansby"},"datePublished":"2022-11-30T22:42:00.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":2},"url":"https://github.com/24572/matplotlib/issues/24572"}