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

Controlling style of text and labels using a dictionary

Controlling style of text and labels using a dictionary

Solarized Light stylesheet

Solarized Light stylesheet

Simple plot

Simple plot

Text and mathtext using pyplot

Text and mathtext using pyplot

Findobj Demo

Findobj Demo

Table Demo

Table Demo

Custom scale

Custom scale

Pyplot tutorial

Pyplot tutorial

Quick start guide

Quick start guide