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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#inheritance">Inheritance</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#axis-objects"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis</span></code> objects</a><ul>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#formatters-and-locators">Formatters and Locators</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#axis-label">Axis Label</a></li>
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<h1><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">matplotlib.axis</span></code><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib-axis" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<p class="topic-title first">Table of Contents</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#inheritance" id="id1">Inheritance</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#axis-objects" id="id2"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis</span></code> objects</a><ul>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#formatters-and-locators" id="id3">Formatters and Locators</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#axis-label" id="id4">Axis Label</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#ticks-tick-labels-and-offset-text" id="id5">Ticks, tick labels and Offset text</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#data-and-view-intervals" id="id6">Data and view intervals</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#rendering-helpers" id="id7">Rendering helpers</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#interactive" id="id8">Interactive</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#units" id="id9">Units</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#incremental-navigation" id="id10">Incremental navigation</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#xaxis-specific" id="id11">XAxis Specific</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#yaxis-specific" id="id12">YAxis Specific</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#other" id="id13">Other</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#discouraged" id="id14">Discouraged</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#tick-objects" id="id15"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Tick</span></code> objects</a></li>
<span class="target" id="module-matplotlib.axis"></span><p>Classes for the ticks and x and y axis.</p>
<div class="section" id="inheritance">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id1">Inheritance</a><a class="headerlink" href="#inheritance" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<div class="graphviz"><img src="../_images/inheritance-2711bf780ff93de2f8615de66fd77b08924a05a4.png" alt="Inheritance diagram of Tick, Ticker, XAxis, YAxis, XTick, YTick" usemap="#inheritanced42bccc26f" class="inheritance graphviz" /></div>
<map id="inheritanced42bccc26f" name="inheritanced42bccc26f">
<area shape="rect" id="node1" href="artist_api.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist" target="_top" title="Abstract base class for objects that render into a FigureCanvas." alt="" coords="5,85,239,116"/>
<area shape="rect" id="node2" href="#matplotlib.axis.Axis" target="_top" title="Base class for `.XAxis` and `.YAxis`." alt="" coords="282,58,494,90"/>
<area shape="rect" id="node3" href="#matplotlib.axis.Tick" target="_top" title="Abstract base class for the axis ticks, grid lines and labels." alt="" coords="283,111,493,143"/>
<area shape="rect" id="node5" href="#matplotlib.axis.XAxis" target="_top" title="matplotlib.axis.XAxis" alt="" coords="538,5,763,36"/>
<area shape="rect" id="node7" href="#matplotlib.axis.YAxis" target="_top" title="matplotlib.axis.YAxis" alt="" coords="540,58,761,90"/>
<area shape="rect" id="node6" href="#matplotlib.axis.XTick" target="_top" title="Contains all the Artists needed to make an x tick &#45; the tick line," alt="" coords="540,111,761,143"/>
<area shape="rect" id="node8" href="#matplotlib.axis.YTick" target="_top" title="Contains all the Artists needed to make a Y tick &#45; the tick line," alt="" coords="540,165,761,196"/>
<area shape="rect" id="node4" href="#matplotlib.axis.Ticker" target="_top" title="A container for the objects defining tick position and format." alt="" coords="7,31,236,63"/>
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<div class="section" id="axis-objects">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id2"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis</span></code> objects</a><a class="headerlink" href="#axis-objects" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<dl class="class">
<dt id="matplotlib.axis.Axis">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">matplotlib.axis.</code><code class="descname">Axis</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>axes</em>, <em>pickradius=15</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/matplotlib/axis.html#Axis"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.axis.Axis" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Base class for <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.axis.XAxis" title="matplotlib.axis.XAxis"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">XAxis</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.axis.YAxis" title="matplotlib.axis.YAxis"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">YAxis</span></code></a>.</p>
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<dt><strong>isDefault_label</strong><span class="classifier">bool</span></dt><dd></dd>
<dt><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.axes.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.axes" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.axes"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">axes</span></code></a><span class="classifier"><a class="reference internal" href="axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">matplotlib.axes.Axes</span></code></a></span></dt><dd><p>The <a class="reference internal" href="axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axes</span></code></a> instance the artist resides in, or <em>None</em>.</p>
<dt><strong>major</strong><span class="classifier"><a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.axis.Ticker" title="matplotlib.axis.Ticker"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">matplotlib.axis.Ticker</span></code></a></span></dt><dd><p>Determines the major tick positions and their label format.</p>
<dt><strong>minor</strong><span class="classifier"><a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.axis.Ticker" title="matplotlib.axis.Ticker"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">matplotlib.axis.Ticker</span></code></a></span></dt><dd><p>Determines the minor tick positions and their label format.</p>
<dt><strong>callbacks</strong><span class="classifier"><a class="reference internal" href="cbook_api.html#matplotlib.cbook.CallbackRegistry" title="matplotlib.cbook.CallbackRegistry"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">matplotlib.cbook.CallbackRegistry</span></code></a></span></dt><dd></dd>
<dt><strong>label</strong><span class="classifier"><a class="reference internal" href="text_api.html#matplotlib.text.Text" title="matplotlib.text.Text"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Text</span></code></a></span></dt><dd><p>The axis label.</p>
<dt><strong>labelpad</strong><span class="classifier">float</span></dt><dd><p>The distance between the axis label and the tick labels.
Defaults to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><a class="reference external" href="../tutorials/introductory/customizing.html?highlight=axes.labelpad#a-sample-matplotlibrc-file"><span class="pre">rcParams[&quot;axes.labelpad&quot;]</span></a></code> (default: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">4.0</span></code>) = 4.</p>
<dt><strong>offsetText</strong><span class="classifier"><a class="reference internal" href="text_api.html#matplotlib.text.Text" title="matplotlib.text.Text"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Text</span></code></a></span></dt><dd><p>A <a class="reference internal" href="text_api.html#matplotlib.text.Text" title="matplotlib.text.Text"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Text</span></code></a> object containing the data offset of the ticks (if any).</p>
<dt><strong>pickradius</strong><span class="classifier">float</span></dt><dd><p>The acceptance radius for containment tests. See also <a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.contains.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.contains" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.contains"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.contains</span></code></a>.</p>
<dt><strong>majorTicks</strong><span class="classifier">list of <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.axis.Tick" title="matplotlib.axis.Tick"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Tick</span></code></a></span></dt><dd><p>The major ticks.</p>
<dt><strong>minorTicks</strong><span class="classifier">list of <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.axis.Tick" title="matplotlib.axis.Tick"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Tick</span></code></a></span></dt><dd><p>The minor ticks.</p>
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<dt><strong>axes</strong><span class="classifier"><a class="reference internal" href="axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">matplotlib.axes.Axes</span></code></a></span></dt><dd><p>The <a class="reference internal" href="axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axes</span></code></a> to which the created Axis belongs.</p>
<dt><strong>pickradius</strong><span class="classifier">float</span></dt><dd><p>The acceptance radius for containment tests. See also
<a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.contains.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.contains" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.contains"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.contains</span></code></a>.</p>
<dl class="class">
<dt id="matplotlib.axis.XAxis">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">matplotlib.axis.</code><code class="descname">XAxis</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>*args</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/matplotlib/axis.html#XAxis"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.axis.XAxis" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
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<dt><strong>axes</strong><span class="classifier"><a class="reference internal" href="axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">matplotlib.axes.Axes</span></code></a></span></dt><dd><p>The <a class="reference internal" href="axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axes</span></code></a> to which the created Axis belongs.</p>
<dt><strong>pickradius</strong><span class="classifier">float</span></dt><dd><p>The acceptance radius for containment tests. See also
<a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.contains.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.contains" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.contains"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.contains</span></code></a>.</p>
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<dt id="matplotlib.axis.YAxis">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">matplotlib.axis.</code><code class="descname">YAxis</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>*args</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/matplotlib/axis.html#YAxis"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.axis.YAxis" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
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<dt><strong>axes</strong><span class="classifier"><a class="reference internal" href="axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">matplotlib.axes.Axes</span></code></a></span></dt><dd><p>The <a class="reference internal" href="axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axes</span></code></a> to which the created Axis belongs.</p>
<dt><strong>pickradius</strong><span class="classifier">float</span></dt><dd><p>The acceptance radius for containment tests. See also
<a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.contains.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.contains" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.contains"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.contains</span></code></a>.</p>
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<dt id="matplotlib.axis.Ticker">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">matplotlib.axis.</code><code class="descname">Ticker</code><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/matplotlib/axis.html#Ticker"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.axis.Ticker" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>A container for the objects defining tick position and format.</p>
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<dt><strong>locator</strong><span class="classifier"><a class="reference internal" href="ticker_api.html#matplotlib.ticker.Locator" title="matplotlib.ticker.Locator"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">matplotlib.ticker.Locator</span></code></a> subclass</span></dt><dd><p>Determines the positions of the ticks.</p>
<dt><strong>formatter</strong><span class="classifier"><a class="reference internal" href="ticker_api.html#matplotlib.ticker.Formatter" title="matplotlib.ticker.Formatter"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">matplotlib.ticker.Formatter</span></code></a> subclass</span></dt><dd><p>Determines the format of the tick labels.</p>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.cla.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.cla" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.cla"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.cla</span></code></a></td>
<td>Clear this axis.</td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_scale.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_scale" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_scale"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.get_scale</span></code></a></td>
<td>Return this Axis' scale (as a str).</td>
<div class="section" id="formatters-and-locators">
<h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id3">Formatters and Locators</a><a class="headerlink" href="#formatters-and-locators" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_major_formatter.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_major_formatter" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_major_formatter"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.get_major_formatter</span></code></a></td>
<td>Get the formatter of the major ticker.</td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_major_locator.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_major_locator" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_major_locator"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.get_major_locator</span></code></a></td>
<td>Get the locator of the major ticker.</td>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_minor_formatter.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_minor_formatter" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_minor_formatter"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.get_minor_formatter</span></code></a></td>
<td>Get the formatter of the minor ticker.</td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_minor_locator.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_minor_locator" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_minor_locator"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.get_minor_locator</span></code></a></td>
<td>Get the locator of the minor ticker.</td>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_major_formatter.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_major_formatter" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_major_formatter"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.set_major_formatter</span></code></a></td>
<td>Set the formatter of the major ticker.</td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_major_locator.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_major_locator" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_major_locator"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.set_major_locator</span></code></a></td>
<td>Set the locator of the major ticker.</td>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_minor_formatter.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_minor_formatter" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_minor_formatter"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.set_minor_formatter</span></code></a></td>
<td>Set the formatter of the minor ticker.</td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_minor_locator.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_minor_locator" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_minor_locator"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.set_minor_locator</span></code></a></td>
<td>Set the locator of the minor ticker.</td>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.remove_overlapping_locs.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.remove_overlapping_locs" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.remove_overlapping_locs"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.remove_overlapping_locs</span></code></a></td>
<td>If minor ticker locations that overlap with major ticker locations should be trimmed.</td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_remove_overlapping_locs.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_remove_overlapping_locs" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_remove_overlapping_locs"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.get_remove_overlapping_locs</span></code></a></td>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_remove_overlapping_locs.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_remove_overlapping_locs" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_remove_overlapping_locs"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.set_remove_overlapping_locs</span></code></a></td>
<div class="section" id="axis-label">
<h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id4">Axis Label</a><a class="headerlink" href="#axis-label" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
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<td>Set the coordinates of the label.</td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_label_position.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_label_position" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_label_position"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.set_label_position</span></code></a></td>
<td>Set the label position (top or bottom)</td>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_label_text.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_label_text" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_label_text"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.set_label_text</span></code></a></td>
<td>Set the text value of the axis label.</td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_label_position.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_label_position" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_label_position"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.get_label_position</span></code></a></td>
<td>Return the label position (top or bottom)</td>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_label_text.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_label_text" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_label_text"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.get_label_text</span></code></a></td>
<td>Get the text of the label.</td>
<div class="section" id="ticks-tick-labels-and-offset-text">
<h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id5">Ticks, tick labels and Offset text</a><a class="headerlink" href="#ticks-tick-labels-and-offset-text" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_major_ticks.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_major_ticks" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_major_ticks"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.get_major_ticks</span></code></a></td>
<td>Return the list of major <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.axis.Tick" title="matplotlib.axis.Tick"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Tick</span></code></a>s.</td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_majorticklabels.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_majorticklabels" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_majorticklabels"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.get_majorticklabels</span></code></a></td>
<td>Return this Axis' major tick labels, as a list of <a class="reference internal" href="text_api.html#matplotlib.text.Text" title="matplotlib.text.Text"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Text</span></code></a>.</td>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_majorticklines.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_majorticklines" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_majorticklines"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.get_majorticklines</span></code></a></td>
<td>Return this Axis' major tick lines as a list of <a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.lines.Line2D.html#matplotlib.lines.Line2D" title="matplotlib.lines.Line2D"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Line2D</span></code></a>s.</td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_majorticklocs.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_majorticklocs" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_majorticklocs"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.get_majorticklocs</span></code></a></td>
<td>Return this Axis' major tick locations in data coordinates.</td>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_minor_ticks.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_minor_ticks" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_minor_ticks"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.get_minor_ticks</span></code></a></td>
<td>Return the list of minor <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.axis.Tick" title="matplotlib.axis.Tick"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Tick</span></code></a>s.</td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_minorticklabels.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_minorticklabels" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_minorticklabels"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.get_minorticklabels</span></code></a></td>
<td>Return this Axis' minor tick labels, as a list of <a class="reference internal" href="text_api.html#matplotlib.text.Text" title="matplotlib.text.Text"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Text</span></code></a>.</td>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_minorticklines.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_minorticklines" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_minorticklines"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.get_minorticklines</span></code></a></td>
<td>Return this Axis' minor tick lines as a list of <a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.lines.Line2D.html#matplotlib.lines.Line2D" title="matplotlib.lines.Line2D"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Line2D</span></code></a>s.</td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_minorticklocs.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_minorticklocs" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_minorticklocs"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.get_minorticklocs</span></code></a></td>
<td>Return this Axis' minor tick locations in data coordinates.</td>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_offset_text.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_offset_text" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_offset_text"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.get_offset_text</span></code></a></td>
<td>Return the axis offsetText as a Text instance.</td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_tick_padding.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_tick_padding" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_tick_padding"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.get_tick_padding</span></code></a></td>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_ticklabels.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_ticklabels" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_ticklabels"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.get_ticklabels</span></code></a></td>
<td>Get this Axis' tick labels.</td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_ticklines.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_ticklines" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_ticklines"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.get_ticklines</span></code></a></td>
<td>Return this Axis' tick lines as a list of <a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.lines.Line2D.html#matplotlib.lines.Line2D" title="matplotlib.lines.Line2D"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Line2D</span></code></a>s.</td>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_ticklocs.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_ticklocs" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_ticklocs"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.get_ticklocs</span></code></a></td>
<td>Return this Axis' tick locations in data coordinates.</td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_gridlines.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_gridlines" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_gridlines"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.get_gridlines</span></code></a></td>
<td>Return this Axis' grid lines as a list of <a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.lines.Line2D.html#matplotlib.lines.Line2D" title="matplotlib.lines.Line2D"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Line2D</span></code></a>s.</td>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.grid.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.grid" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.grid"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.grid</span></code></a></td>
<td>Configure the grid lines.</td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_tick_params.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_tick_params" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_tick_params"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.set_tick_params</span></code></a></td>
<td>Set appearance parameters for ticks, ticklabels, and gridlines.</td>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.axis_date.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.axis_date" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.axis_date"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.axis_date</span></code></a></td>
<td>Sets up axis ticks and labels to treat data along this Axis as dates.</td>
<div class="section" id="data-and-view-intervals">
<h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id6">Data and view intervals</a><a class="headerlink" href="#data-and-view-intervals" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
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<td>Return the Interval instance for this axis data limits.</td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_view_interval.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_view_interval" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_view_interval"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.get_view_interval</span></code></a></td>
<td>Return the view limits <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(min,</span> <span class="pre">max)</span></code> of this axis.</td>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_data_interval.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_data_interval" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_data_interval"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.set_data_interval</span></code></a></td>
<td>Set the axis data limits.</td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_view_interval.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_view_interval" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_view_interval"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.set_view_interval</span></code></a></td>
<td>Set the axis view limits.</td>
<div class="section" id="rendering-helpers">
<h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id7">Rendering helpers</a><a class="headerlink" href="#rendering-helpers" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_minpos.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_minpos" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_minpos"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.get_minpos</span></code></a></td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_tick_space.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_tick_space" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_tick_space"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.get_tick_space</span></code></a></td>
<td>Return the estimated number of ticks that can fit on the axis.</td>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_ticklabel_extents.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_ticklabel_extents" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_ticklabel_extents"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.get_ticklabel_extents</span></code></a></td>
<td>Get the extents of the tick labels on either side of the axes.</td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_tightbbox.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_tightbbox" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_tightbbox"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.get_tightbbox</span></code></a></td>
<td>Return a bounding box that encloses the axis.</td>
<div class="section" id="interactive">
<h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id8">Interactive</a><a class="headerlink" href="#interactive" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
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<td>Test whether the artist contains the mouse event.</td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_pickradius.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_pickradius" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_pickradius"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.get_pickradius</span></code></a></td>
<td>Return the depth of the axis used by the picker.</td>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_pickradius.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_pickradius" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_pickradius"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.set_pickradius</span></code></a></td>
<td>Set the depth of the axis used by the picker.</td>
<div class="section" id="units">
<h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id9">Units</a><a class="headerlink" href="#units" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.convert_units.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.convert_units" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.convert_units"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.convert_units</span></code></a></td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_units.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_units" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_units"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.set_units</span></code></a></td>
<td>Set the units for axis.</td>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_units.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_units" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_units"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.get_units</span></code></a></td>
<td>Return the units for axis.</td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.update_units.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.update_units" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.update_units"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.update_units</span></code></a></td>
<td>Introspect <em>data</em> for units converter and update the axis.converter instance if necessary.</td>
<div class="section" id="incremental-navigation">
<h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id10">Incremental navigation</a><a class="headerlink" href="#incremental-navigation" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
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<td>[<em>Deprecated</em>] Pan by <em>numsteps</em> (can be positive or negative).</td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.zoom.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.zoom" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.zoom"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.zoom</span></code></a></td>
<td>[<em>Deprecated</em>] Zoom in/out on axis; if <em>direction</em> is &gt;0 zoom in, else zoom out.</td>
<div class="section" id="xaxis-specific">
<h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id11">XAxis Specific</a><a class="headerlink" href="#xaxis-specific" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
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<td>Read-only name identifying the axis.</td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.XAxis.get_text_heights.html#matplotlib.axis.XAxis.get_text_heights" title="matplotlib.axis.XAxis.get_text_heights"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">XAxis.get_text_heights</span></code></a></td>
<td>Return how much space should be reserved for text above and below the axes, as a pair of floats.</td>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.XAxis.get_ticks_position.html#matplotlib.axis.XAxis.get_ticks_position" title="matplotlib.axis.XAxis.get_ticks_position"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">XAxis.get_ticks_position</span></code></a></td>
<td>Return the ticks position (&quot;top&quot;, &quot;bottom&quot;, &quot;default&quot;, or &quot;unknown&quot;).</td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.XAxis.set_ticks_position.html#matplotlib.axis.XAxis.set_ticks_position" title="matplotlib.axis.XAxis.set_ticks_position"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">XAxis.set_ticks_position</span></code></a></td>
<td>Set the ticks position.</td>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.XAxis.tick_bottom.html#matplotlib.axis.XAxis.tick_bottom" title="matplotlib.axis.XAxis.tick_bottom"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">XAxis.tick_bottom</span></code></a></td>
<td>Move ticks and ticklabels (if present) to the bottom of the axes.</td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.XAxis.tick_top.html#matplotlib.axis.XAxis.tick_top" title="matplotlib.axis.XAxis.tick_top"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">XAxis.tick_top</span></code></a></td>
<td>Move ticks and ticklabels (if present) to the top of the axes.</td>
<div class="section" id="yaxis-specific">
<h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id12">YAxis Specific</a><a class="headerlink" href="#yaxis-specific" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.YAxis.axis_name.html#matplotlib.axis.YAxis.axis_name" title="matplotlib.axis.YAxis.axis_name"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">YAxis.axis_name</span></code></a></td>
<td>Read-only name identifying the axis.</td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.YAxis.get_text_widths.html#matplotlib.axis.YAxis.get_text_widths" title="matplotlib.axis.YAxis.get_text_widths"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">YAxis.get_text_widths</span></code></a></td>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.YAxis.get_ticks_position.html#matplotlib.axis.YAxis.get_ticks_position" title="matplotlib.axis.YAxis.get_ticks_position"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">YAxis.get_ticks_position</span></code></a></td>
<td>Return the ticks position (&quot;left&quot;, &quot;right&quot;, &quot;default&quot;, or &quot;unknown&quot;).</td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.YAxis.set_offset_position.html#matplotlib.axis.YAxis.set_offset_position" title="matplotlib.axis.YAxis.set_offset_position"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">YAxis.set_offset_position</span></code></a></td>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.YAxis.set_ticks_position.html#matplotlib.axis.YAxis.set_ticks_position" title="matplotlib.axis.YAxis.set_ticks_position"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">YAxis.set_ticks_position</span></code></a></td>
<td>Set the ticks position.</td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.YAxis.tick_left.html#matplotlib.axis.YAxis.tick_left" title="matplotlib.axis.YAxis.tick_left"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">YAxis.tick_left</span></code></a></td>
<td>Move ticks and ticklabels (if present) to the left of the axes.</td>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.YAxis.tick_right.html#matplotlib.axis.YAxis.tick_right" title="matplotlib.axis.YAxis.tick_right"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">YAxis.tick_right</span></code></a></td>
<td>Move ticks and ticklabels (if present) to the right of the axes.</td>
<div class="section" id="other">
<h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id13">Other</a><a class="headerlink" href="#other" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.OFFSETTEXTPAD.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.OFFSETTEXTPAD" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.OFFSETTEXTPAD"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.OFFSETTEXTPAD</span></code></a></td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.axes.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.axes" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.axes"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.axes</span></code></a></td>
<td>The <a class="reference internal" href="axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axes</span></code></a> instance the artist resides in, or <em>None</em>.</td>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.limit_range_for_scale.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.limit_range_for_scale" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.limit_range_for_scale"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.limit_range_for_scale</span></code></a></td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.reset_ticks.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.reset_ticks" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.reset_ticks"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.reset_ticks</span></code></a></td>
<td>Re-initialize the major and minor Tick lists.</td>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_default_intervals.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_default_intervals" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_default_intervals"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.set_default_intervals</span></code></a></td>
<td>Set the default limits for the axis data and view interval if they have not been not mutated yet.</td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_smart_bounds.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_smart_bounds" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_smart_bounds"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.get_smart_bounds</span></code></a></td>
<td>[<em>Deprecated</em>] Return whether the axis has smart bounds.</td>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_smart_bounds.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_smart_bounds" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_smart_bounds"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.set_smart_bounds</span></code></a></td>
<td>[<em>Deprecated</em>] Set the axis to have smart bounds.</td>
<div class="section" id="discouraged">
<h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id14">Discouraged</a><a class="headerlink" href="#discouraged" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>These methods should be used together with care, calling <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">set_ticks</span></code>
to specify the desired tick locations <strong>before</strong> calling <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">set_ticklabels</span></code> to
specify a matching series of labels.  Calling <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">set_ticks</span></code> makes a
<a class="reference internal" href="ticker_api.html#matplotlib.ticker.FixedLocator" title="matplotlib.ticker.FixedLocator"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FixedLocator</span></code></a>; it's list of locations is then used by
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">set_ticklabels</span></code> to make an appropriate
<a class="reference internal" href="ticker_api.html#matplotlib.ticker.FuncFormatter" title="matplotlib.ticker.FuncFormatter"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FuncFormatter</span></code></a>.</p>
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<td>Set this Axis' tick locations.</td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_ticklabels.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_ticklabels" title="matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_ticklabels"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axis.set_ticklabels</span></code></a></td>
<td>Set the text values of the tick labels.</td>
<div class="section" id="tick-objects">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id15"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Tick</span></code> objects</a><a class="headerlink" href="#tick-objects" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<dl class="class">
<dt id="matplotlib.axis.Tick">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">matplotlib.axis.</code><code class="descname">Tick</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>axes</em>, <em>loc</em>, <em>label=&lt;deprecated parameter&gt;</em>, <em>size=None</em>, <em>width=None</em>, <em>color=None</em>, <em>tickdir=None</em>, <em>pad=None</em>, <em>labelsize=None</em>, <em>labelcolor=None</em>, <em>zorder=None</em>, <em>gridOn=None</em>, <em>tick1On=True</em>, <em>tick2On=True</em>, <em>label1On=True</em>, <em>label2On=False</em>, <em>major=True</em>, <em>labelrotation=0</em>, <em>grid_color=None</em>, <em>grid_linestyle=None</em>, <em>grid_linewidth=None</em>, <em>grid_alpha=None</em>, <em>**kw</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/matplotlib/axis.html#Tick"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.axis.Tick" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Abstract base class for the axis ticks, grid lines and labels.</p>
<p>Ticks mark a position on an Axis. They contain two lines as markers and
two labels; one each for the bottom and top positions (in case of an
<a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.axis.XAxis" title="matplotlib.axis.XAxis"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">XAxis</span></code></a>) or for the left and right positions (in case of a <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.axis.YAxis" title="matplotlib.axis.YAxis"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">YAxis</span></code></a>).</p>
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<dt><strong>tick1line</strong><span class="classifier"><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.lines.Line2D.html#matplotlib.lines.Line2D" title="matplotlib.lines.Line2D"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Line2D</span></code></a></span></dt><dd><p>The left/bottom tick marker.</p>
<dt><strong>tick2line</strong><span class="classifier"><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.lines.Line2D.html#matplotlib.lines.Line2D" title="matplotlib.lines.Line2D"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Line2D</span></code></a></span></dt><dd><p>The right/top tick marker.</p>
<dt><strong>gridline</strong><span class="classifier"><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.lines.Line2D.html#matplotlib.lines.Line2D" title="matplotlib.lines.Line2D"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Line2D</span></code></a></span></dt><dd><p>The grid line associated with the label position.</p>
<dt><strong>label1</strong><span class="classifier"><a class="reference internal" href="text_api.html#matplotlib.text.Text" title="matplotlib.text.Text"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Text</span></code></a></span></dt><dd><p>The left/bottom tick label.</p>
<dt><strong>label2</strong><span class="classifier"><a class="reference internal" href="text_api.html#matplotlib.text.Text" title="matplotlib.text.Text"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Text</span></code></a></span></dt><dd><p>The right/top tick label.</p>
<p>bbox is the Bound2D bounding box in display coords of the Axes
loc is the tick location in data coords
size is the tick size in points</p>
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<dt id="matplotlib.axis.XTick">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">matplotlib.axis.</code><code class="descname">XTick</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>*args</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/matplotlib/axis.html#XTick"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.axis.XTick" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Contains all the Artists needed to make an x tick - the tick line,
the label text and the grid line</p>
<p>bbox is the Bound2D bounding box in display coords of the Axes
loc is the tick location in data coords
size is the tick size in points</p>
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<dt id="matplotlib.axis.YTick">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">matplotlib.axis.</code><code class="descname">YTick</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>*args</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/matplotlib/axis.html#YTick"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.axis.YTick" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Contains all the Artists needed to make a Y tick - the tick line,
the label text and the grid line</p>
<p>bbox is the Bound2D bounding box in display coords of the Axes
loc is the tick location in data coords
size is the tick size in points</p>
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<td>Calculate <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">self._pad</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">self._tickmarkers</span></code>.</td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Tick.get_loc.html#matplotlib.axis.Tick.get_loc" title="matplotlib.axis.Tick.get_loc"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Tick.get_loc</span></code></a></td>
<td>Return the tick location (data coords) as a scalar.</td>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Tick.get_pad.html#matplotlib.axis.Tick.get_pad" title="matplotlib.axis.Tick.get_pad"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Tick.get_pad</span></code></a></td>
<td>Get the value of the tick label pad in points.</td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Tick.get_pad_pixels.html#matplotlib.axis.Tick.get_pad_pixels" title="matplotlib.axis.Tick.get_pad_pixels"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Tick.get_pad_pixels</span></code></a></td>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Tick.get_tick_padding.html#matplotlib.axis.Tick.get_tick_padding" title="matplotlib.axis.Tick.get_tick_padding"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Tick.get_tick_padding</span></code></a></td>
<td>Get the length of the tick outside of the axes.</td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Tick.get_tickdir.html#matplotlib.axis.Tick.get_tickdir" title="matplotlib.axis.Tick.get_tickdir"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Tick.get_tickdir</span></code></a></td>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Tick.get_view_interval.html#matplotlib.axis.Tick.get_view_interval" title="matplotlib.axis.Tick.get_view_interval"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Tick.get_view_interval</span></code></a></td>
<td>Return the view limits <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(min,</span> <span class="pre">max)</span></code> of the axis the tick belongs to.</td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Tick.set_label1.html#matplotlib.axis.Tick.set_label1" title="matplotlib.axis.Tick.set_label1"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Tick.set_label1</span></code></a></td>
<td>Set the label1 text.</td>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Tick.set_label2.html#matplotlib.axis.Tick.set_label2" title="matplotlib.axis.Tick.set_label2"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Tick.set_label2</span></code></a></td>
<td>Set the label2 text.</td>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Tick.set_pad.html#matplotlib.axis.Tick.set_pad" title="matplotlib.axis.Tick.set_pad"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Tick.set_pad</span></code></a></td>
<td>Set the tick label pad in points</td>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axis.Tick.update_position.html#matplotlib.axis.Tick.update_position" title="matplotlib.axis.Tick.update_position"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Tick.update_position</span></code></a></td>
<td>Set the location of tick in data coords with scalar <em>loc</em>.</td>
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