Matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_xticklabels() in Python

Matplotlib is a library in Python and it is numerical - mathematical extension for NumPy library. The Axes Class contains most of the figure elements: Axis, Tick, Line2D, Text, Polygon, etc., and sets the coordinate system. And the instances of Axes supports callbacks through a callbacks attribute.

The Axes.set_xticklabels() function in axes module of matplotlib library is used to Set the x-tick labels with list of string labels.

Syntax: Axes.set_xticklabels(self, labels, fontdict=None, minor=False, **kwargs) 

Parameters: This method accepts the following parameters.

• labels : This parameter is the list of string labels.
• fontdict : This parameter is the dictionary controlling the appearance of the ticklabels.
• minor : This parameter is used whether set major ticks or to set minor ticks

Return value: This method returns a list of Text instances.

Below examples illustrate the matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_xticklabels() function in matplotlib.axes: 

Example 1: 

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Example 2: 

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