.. only:: html .. note:: :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note Click :ref:`here ` to download the full example code .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title .. _sphx_glr_gallery_pyplots_fig_axes_labels_simple.py: ================== Simple axes labels ================== Label the axes of a plot. .. code-block:: default import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt fig = plt.figure() fig.subplots_adjust(top=0.8) ax1 = fig.add_subplot(211) ax1.set_ylabel('volts') ax1.set_title('a sine wave') t = np.arange(0.0, 1.0, 0.01) s = np.sin(2 * np.pi * t) line, = ax1.plot(t, s, lw=2) # Fixing random state for reproducibility np.random.seed(19680801) ax2 = fig.add_axes([0.15, 0.1, 0.7, 0.3]) n, bins, patches = ax2.hist(np.random.randn(1000), 50) ax2.set_xlabel('time (s)') plt.show() .. image:: /gallery/pyplots/images/sphx_glr_fig_axes_labels_simple_001.png :alt: a sine wave :class: sphx-glr-single-img ------------ References """""""""" The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown in this example: .. code-block:: default import matplotlib matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_xlabel matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_ylabel matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_title matplotlib.axes.Axes.plot matplotlib.axes.Axes.hist matplotlib.figure.Figure.add_axes .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out Out: .. code-block:: none .. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_pyplots_fig_axes_labels_simple.py: .. only :: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer :class: sphx-glr-footer-example .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python :download:`Download Python source code: fig_axes_labels_simple.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: fig_axes_labels_simple.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_