matplotlib.pyplot.xlabel

matplotlib.pyplot.xlabel(xlabel, fontdict=None, labelpad=None, *, loc=None, **kwargs)[source]

Set the label for the x-axis.

Parameters:
xlabelstr

The label text.

labelpadfloat, default: None

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

loc{'left', 'center', 'right'}, default: rcParams["xaxis.labellocation"] (default: 'center')

The label position. This is a high-level alternative for passing parameters x and horizontalalignment.

Other Parameters:
**kwargsText properties

Text properties control the appearance of the label.

See also

text
Documents the properties supported by Text.