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matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_yticks

Axes.set_yticks(ticks, minor=False)

Set the y ticks with list of ticks

Parameters:
ticks : list

List of y-axis tick locations

minor : bool, optional

If False sets major ticks, if True sets minor ticks. Default is False.