.. 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:
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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
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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
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