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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Incorrect labels returned with custom formatter and locator","articleBody":"In the following example I am getting back the wrong labels from ``ax.xaxis.get_ticklabels``:\r\n\r\n```python\r\nimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt\r\nfrom matplotlib.ticker import FuncFormatter, MaxNLocator\r\n\r\nax = plt.subplot(1,1,1)\r\n\r\ndef formatter_func(pos, *args):\r\n    return 'a' if pos == 1 else ''\r\n\r\nax.figure.canvas.draw()\r\nprint([tick.get_text() for tick in ax.xaxis.get_ticklabels()])\r\n\r\nax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(FuncFormatter(formatter_func))\r\nax.xaxis.set_major_locator(MaxNLocator(10, integer=True))\r\n\r\nax.set_xlim(-0.5, 2.5)\r\n\r\nax.figure.canvas.draw()\r\nprint([tick.get_text() for tick in ax.xaxis.get_ticklabels()])\r\n```\r\n\r\nThis gives:\r\n\r\n```\r\n['0.0', '0.2', '0.4', '0.6', '0.8', '1.0']\r\n['0.0', '', 'a', '', '0.8']\r\n```\r\n\r\nwhereas I expected:\r\n\r\n```\r\n['0.0', '0.2', '0.4', '0.6', '0.8', '1.0']\r\n['', '', 'a', '', '']\r\n```","author":{"url":"https://github.com/astrofrog","@type":"Person","name":"astrofrog"},"datePublished":"2017-10-13T21:52:06.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":2},"url":"https://github.com/9397/matplotlib/issues/9397"}