| """ | |
| =========================== | |
| Rotating custom tick labels | |
| =========================== | |
| Demo of custom tick-labels with user-defined rotation. | |
| """ | |
| import matplotlib.pyplot as plt | |
| x = [1, 2, 3, 4] | |
| y = [1, 4, 9, 6] | |
| labels = ['Frogs', 'Hogs', 'Bogs', 'Slogs'] | |
| plt.plot(x, y) | |
| # You can specify a rotation for the tick labels in degrees or with keywords. | |
| plt.xticks(x, labels, rotation='vertical') | |
| # Pad margins so that markers don't get clipped by the axes | |
| plt.margins(0.2) | |
| # Tweak spacing to prevent clipping of tick-labels | |
| plt.subplots_adjust(bottom=0.15) | |
| plt.show() | |