matplotlib.pyplot.ylabel

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

Set the label for the y-axis.

Parameters:

ylabelstr

The label text.

labelpadfloat, default: rcParams["axes.labelpad"] (default: 4.0)

Spacing in points from the Axes bounding box including ticks and tick labels. If None, the previous value is left as is.

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.

Notes

Note

This is the pyplot wrapper for axes.Axes.set_ylabel.

Examples using matplotlib.pyplot.ylabel

Multiple subplots

Multiple subplots

Custom scale

Custom scale

Controlling style of text and labels using a dictionary

Controlling style of text and labels using a dictionary

Solarized Light stylesheet

Solarized Light stylesheet

Basic plot

Basic plot

Findobj Demo

Findobj Demo

Table Demo

Table Demo

Pyplot tutorial

Pyplot tutorial

Quick start guide

Quick start guide