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matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_xscale

Axes.set_xscale(value, **kwargs)

Set the x-axis scale.

Parameters:
value : {"linear", "log", "symlog", "logit"}

scaling strategy to apply

Notes

Different kwargs are accepted, depending on the scale. See the scale module for more information.