matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_xlabel#

Axes.set_xlabel(xlabel, fontdict=None, labelpad=None, *, loc=None, **kwargs)[source]#

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`#

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