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Axes.set_anchor(anchor)

anchor

value description
‘C’ Center
‘SW’ bottom left
‘S’ bottom
‘SE’ bottom right
‘E’ right
‘NE’ top right
‘N’ top
‘NW’ top left
‘W’ left