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matplotlib.axes.Axes.get_xticklabels

Axes.get_xticklabels(minor=False, which=None)

Get the x tick labels as a list of Text instances.

Parameters:
minor : bool, optional

If True return the minor ticklabels, else return the major ticklabels.

which : None, ('minor', 'major', 'both')

Overrides minor.

Selects which ticklabels to return

Returns:
ret : list

List of Text instances.