How to align axis label to the right or top in Matplotlib?

To align axis label to the right (X-axis label) or top (Y-axis label), we can take the following steps −

Set the figure size and adjust the padding between and around the subplots.
Create a figure and a set of subplots.
Initialize a variable, N, for number data samples.
Plot x and y data points using plot() method.
Set xlabel and ylabel at the right and top locations, respectively.
To display the figure, use show() method.

Example

import numpy as np
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt

plt.rcParams["figure.figsize"] = [7.50, 3.50]
plt.rcParams["figure.autolayout"] = True

fig, ax = plt.subplots()
N = 10
x = np.random.rand(N)
y = np.random.rand(N)

ax.plot(x, y)
ax.set_xlabel("X-axis", loc="right")
ax.set_ylabel("Y-axis", loc="top")

plt.show()

Output

Rishikesh Kumar Rishi

Updated on: 2021-06-10T12:01:43+05:30

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