matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_xlabel

Axes.set_xlabel(self, xlabel, fontdict=None, labelpad=None, **kwargs)

Set the label for the x-axis.

Parameters:

xlabel : str

The label text.

labelpad : scalar, optional, default: None

Spacing in points from the axes bounding box including ticks and tick labels.

Other Parameters:

**kwargs : Text properties

Text properties control the appearance of the label.

See also

text

for information on how override and the optional args work

Examples using matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_xlabel

Demo of the histogram (hist) function with a few features

Simple axes labels

Text Commands

Color Demo