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25 changes: 19 additions & 6 deletions galleries/examples/ticks/ticklabels_rotation.py
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"""
===========================
Rotating custom tick labels
===========================

Demo of custom tick-labels with user-defined rotation.
====================
Rotating tick labels
====================
"""

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
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fig, ax = plt.subplots()
ax.plot(x, y)
# You can specify a rotation for the tick labels in degrees or with keywords.
# A tick label rotation can be set using Axes.tick_params.
ax.tick_params("y", rotation=45)
# Alternatively, if setting custom labels with set_xticks/set_yticks, it can
# be set at the same time as the labels.
# For both APIs, the rotation can be an angle in degrees, or one of the strings
# "horizontal" or "vertical".
ax.set_xticks(x, labels, rotation='vertical')

plt.show()

# %%
#
# .. admonition:: References
#
# The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown
# in this example:
#
# - `matplotlib.axes.Axes.tick_params` / `matplotlib.pyplot.tick_params`
# - `matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_xticks` / `matplotlib.pyplot.xticks`