matplotlib.pyplot.xticks

matplotlib.pyplot.xticks(*args, **kwargs)

Get or set the x-limits of the current tick locations and labels.

# return locs, labels where locs is an array of tick locations and
# labels is an array of tick labels.
locs, labels = xticks()

# set the locations of the xticks
xticks( arange(6) )

# set the locations and labels of the xticks
xticks( arange(5), ('Tom', 'Dick', 'Harry', 'Sally', 'Sue') )

The keyword args, if any, are Text properties. For example, to rotate long labels:

xticks( arange(12), calendar.month_name[1:13], rotation=17 )

Examples using matplotlib.pyplot.xticks

Axes Demo

Stacked Bar Graph

Linestyles

Multiline

Usetex Demo

Arrow Demo

XKCD

Bachelor’s degrees by gender

Demo Colorbar of Inset Axes

Inset Locator Demo

Inset Locator Demo2

Table Demo

Rotating custom tick labels

Custom Ticker1