How to create a list of uniformly spaced numbers using a logarithmic scale with python ?

Published: October 10, 2019

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Example of how to create a list of uniformly spaced numbers using a logarithmic scale with python:

Using the numpy function logspace

Let's create a list of 100 uniformly spaced numbers (between $10^{0.1}$ et $10^{3}$) using a logarithmic scale

>>> import numpy as np
>>> l = np.logspace(0.1, 3, 100, endpoint=True)
>>> l
array([    1.25892541,     1.34676844,     1.44074081,     1.54127022,
           1.64881419,     1.76386217,     1.88693776,     2.0186011 ,
           2.1594514 ,     2.3101297 ,     2.47132176,     2.64376119,
           2.82823278,     3.0255761 ,     3.23668929,     3.46253315,
           3.70413553,     3.96259601,     4.23909088,     4.53487851,
           4.85130507,     5.18981068,     5.55193591,     5.93932887,
           6.35375264,     6.79709332,     7.27136862,     7.77873705,
           8.32150772,     8.90215085,     9.52330906,    10.18780932,
          10.89867589,    11.65914401,    12.47267471,    13.34297048,
          14.27399218,    15.26997703,    16.33545792,    17.475284  ,
          18.69464281,    19.99908384,    21.3945438 ,    22.88737364,
          24.48436747,    26.19279345,    28.02042689,    29.97558564,
          32.06716793,    34.30469286,    36.69834378,    39.25901454,
          41.99835916,    44.92884483,    48.06380863,    51.41751828,
          55.00523702,    58.84329312,    62.94915417,    67.34150658,
          72.04034062,    77.06704142,    82.44448627,    88.19714876,
          94.35121014,   100.9346785 ,   107.97751623,   115.51177638,
         123.57174852,   132.19411485,   141.41811708,   151.28573508,
         161.84187792,   173.13458823,   185.21526088,   198.1388769 ,
         211.96425366,   226.75431259,   242.57636554,   259.50242114,
         277.60951248,   296.98004774,   317.70218523,   339.87023462,
         363.58508612,   388.9546697 ,   416.09444628,   445.12793318,
         476.1872663 ,   509.41380148,   544.95875783,   582.98390597,
         623.66230422,   667.17908629,   713.7323038 ,   763.53382765,
         816.81031231,   873.8042273 ,   934.77496078,  1000.        ])

Plot with matplotlib

 How to create a list of uniformly spaced numbers using a logarithmic scale with python?
How to create a list of uniformly spaced numbers using a logarithmic scale with python?

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

l = np.logspace(0.1, 3, 100, endpoint=True)

plt.scatter([i for i in range(l.shape[0])], l)

plt.title(u'List of logarithmically spaced numbers with python')
plt.grid()

plt.savefig("log_scale_list_numbers.png",bbox_inches='tight')   
plt.show()

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