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Jonny
Jonny

Reputation: 1368

Matplotlib: How do I have the xtick labels apear on the other side of the x-axis?

In this bar chart:

enter image description here

How do I make the x-axis labels appear in the bars of the bar-chart and left-aligned with the x-axis?

I tried the ax.xaxis.labelpad() method but it does not seem to do anything.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 81

Answers (1)

tmdavison
tmdavison

Reputation: 69076

you can set the y location of the ticks when you call set_xticklabels. So, if you set y to something small but positive, it should be placed inside the bars.

For example:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
fig,ax = plt.subplots(1)

ax.bar([0,1,2,3],[7900,9400,8700,9990],facecolor='#5080B0',edgecolor='k',width=0.3)

ax.set_xticks([0.15,1.15,2.15,3.15])

ax.set_xticklabels(['beek1','beek2','orbath','Kroo'],
                   rotation='vertical',y=0.05,va='bottom')

Produces the following plot:

enter image description here

Upvotes: 2

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