matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_xlabel

Axes.set_xlabel(self, xlabel, fontdict=None, labelpad=None, *, loc=None, **kwargs)

Set the label for the x-axis.

Parameters:

xlabelstr The label text. labelpadfloat, default: rcParams["axes.labelpad"] (default: 4.0) Spacing in points from the axes bounding box including ticks and tick labels. If None, the previous value is left as is. loc{'left', 'center', 'right'}, default: rcParams["xaxis.labellocation"] (default: 'center') The label position. This is a high-level alternative for passing parameters x and horizontalalignment.

Other Parameters:

**kwargsText properties Text properties control the appearance of the label.

See also

text

Documents the properties supported by Text.

Examples using matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_xlabel