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Rotating custom tick labelsΒΆ

Demo of custom tick-labels with user-defined rotation.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/build/matplotlib-xz4j8t/matplotlib-3.1.2/examples/ticks_and_spines/ticklabels_rotation.py", line 1
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SyntaxError: invalid syntax
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Rotating custom tick labels
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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()

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