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: None

Spacing in points from the axes bounding box including ticks and tick labels.

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.

Examples using matplotlib.pyplot.ylabel

Scatter Symbol

Multiple subplots

Multiline

Controlling style of text and labels using a dictionary

Pyplot Mathtext

Pyplot Simple

Pyplot Text

Solarized Light stylesheet

Findobj Demo

Table Demo

Custom scale

Symlog Demo

Pgf Preamble

Usage Guide

Pyplot tutorial