matplotlib.pyplot.ylabel

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

Set the label for the y-axis.

Parameters:
ylabelstr

The label text.

labelpadfloat, default: None

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

loc{'bottom', 'center', 'top'}, default: rcParams["yaxis.labellocation"] (default: 'center')

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

Other Parameters:
**kwargsText properties

Text properties control the appearance of the label.

See also

text
Documents the properties supported by Text.