"""
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Axis Label Position
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Choose axis label position when calling `~.Axes.set_xlabel` and
`~.Axes.set_ylabel` as well as for colorbar.

"""
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

fig, ax = plt.subplots()

sc = ax.scatter([1, 2], [1, 2], c=[1, 2])
ax.set_ylabel('YLabel', loc='top')
ax.set_xlabel('XLabel', loc='left')
cbar = fig.colorbar(sc)
cbar.set_label("ZLabel", loc='top')

plt.show()