matplotlib.pyplot.ylabel — Matplotlib 3.10.3 documentation (original) (raw)
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: [rcParams["axes.labelpad"]](../../users/explain/customizing.html?highlight=axes.labelpad#matplotlibrc-sample) (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"]](../../users/explain/customizing.html?highlight=yaxis.labellocation#matplotlibrc-sample) (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
Documents the properties supported by Text.
Notes