matplotlib · story645 · Jul 14, 2021 · Jul 12, 2021 · story645 · Jul 14, 2021
diff --git a/examples/axes_grid1/make_room_for_ylabel_using_axesgrid.py b/examples/axes_grid1/make_room_for_ylabel_using_axesgrid.py
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
 plt.figure()
 ax = plt.axes([0, 0, 1, 1])
 
-ax.set_yticks([0.5])
-ax.set_yticklabels(["very long label"])
+ax.set_yticks([0.5], labels=["very long label"])
 
 make_axes_area_auto_adjustable(ax)
 
@@ -26,8 +25,7 @@
 ax1 = plt.axes([0, 0, 1, 0.5])
 ax2 = plt.axes([0, 0.5, 1, 0.5])
 
-ax1.set_yticks([0.5])
-ax1.set_yticklabels(["very long label"])
+ax1.set_yticks([0.5], labels=["very long label"])
 ax1.set_ylabel("Y label")
 
 ax2.set_title("Title")
@@ -53,8 +51,7 @@
 divider.add_auto_adjustable_area(use_axes=[ax1, ax2], pad=0.1,
                                  adjust_dirs=["top", "bottom"])
 
-ax1.set_yticks([0.5])
-ax1.set_yticklabels(["very long label"])
+ax1.set_yticks([0.5], labels=["very long label"])
 
 ax2.set_title("Title")
 ax2.set_xlabel("X - Label")

diff --git a/examples/axes_grid1/simple_axisline4.py b/examples/axes_grid1/simple_axisline4.py
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
 ax.plot(xx, np.sin(xx))
 
 ax2 = ax.twin()  # ax2 is responsible for "top" axis and "right" axis
-ax2.set_xticks([0., .5*np.pi, np.pi, 1.5*np.pi, 2*np.pi])
-ax2.set_xticklabels(["$0$", r"$\frac{1}{2}\pi$",
-                     r"$\pi$", r"$\frac{3}{2}\pi$", r"$2\pi$"])
+ax2.set_xticks([0., .5*np.pi, np.pi, 1.5*np.pi, 2*np.pi],
+               labels=["$0$", r"$\frac{1}{2}\pi$",
+                       r"$\pi$", r"$\frac{3}{2}\pi$", r"$2\pi$"])
 
 ax2.axis["right"].major_ticklabels.set_visible(False)
 ax2.axis["top"].major_ticklabels.set_visible(True)

diff --git a/examples/axisartist/demo_ticklabel_alignment.py b/examples/axisartist/demo_ticklabel_alignment.py
@@ -12,10 +12,8 @@
 
 def setup_axes(fig, pos):
     ax = fig.add_subplot(pos, axes_class=axisartist.Axes)
-    ax.set_yticks([0.2, 0.8])
-    ax.set_yticklabels(["short", "loooong"])
-    ax.set_xticks([0.2, 0.8])
-    ax.set_xticklabels([r"$\frac{1}{2}\pi$", r"$\pi$"])
+    ax.set_yticks([0.2, 0.8], labels=["short", "loooong"])
+    ax.set_xticks([0.2, 0.8], labels=[r"$\frac{1}{2}\pi$", r"$\pi$"])
     return ax
 
 

diff --git a/examples/images_contours_and_fields/image_annotated_heatmap.py b/examples/images_contours_and_fields/image_annotated_heatmap.py
@@ -59,12 +59,9 @@
 fig, ax = plt.subplots()
 im = ax.imshow(harvest)
 
-# We want to show all ticks...
-ax.set_xticks(np.arange(len(farmers)))
-ax.set_yticks(np.arange(len(vegetables)))
-# ... and label them with the respective list entries
-ax.set_xticklabels(farmers)
-ax.set_yticklabels(vegetables)
+# Show all ticks and label them with the respective list entries
+ax.set_xticks(np.arange(len(farmers)), labels=farmers)
+ax.set_yticks(np.arange(len(vegetables)), labels=vegetables)
 
 # Rotate the tick labels and set their alignment.
 plt.setp(ax.get_xticklabels(), rotation=45, ha="right",
@@ -133,12 +130,9 @@ def heatmap(data, row_labels, col_labels, ax=None,
     cbar = ax.figure.colorbar(im, ax=ax, **cbar_kw)
     cbar.ax.set_ylabel(cbarlabel, rotation=-90, va="bottom")
 
-    # We want to show all ticks...
-    ax.set_xticks(np.arange(data.shape[1]))
-    ax.set_yticks(np.arange(data.shape[0]))
-    # ... and label them with the respective list entries.
-    ax.set_xticklabels(col_labels)
-    ax.set_yticklabels(row_labels)
+    # Show all ticks and label them with the respective list entries.
+    ax.set_xticks(np.arange(data.shape[1]), labels=col_labels)
+    ax.set_yticks(np.arange(data.shape[0]), labels=row_labels)
 
     # Let the horizontal axes labeling appear on top.
     ax.tick_params(top=True, bottom=False,

diff --git a/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/bar_label_demo.py b/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/bar_label_demo.py
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@
 ax.axhline(0, color='grey', linewidth=0.8)
 ax.set_ylabel('Scores')
 ax.set_title('Scores by group and gender')
-ax.set_xticks(ind)
-ax.set_xticklabels(('G1', 'G2', 'G3', 'G4', 'G5'))
+ax.set_xticks(ind, labels=['G1', 'G2', 'G3', 'G4', 'G5'])
 ax.legend()
 
 # Label with label_type 'center' instead of the default 'edge'
@@ -66,8 +65,7 @@
 fig, ax = plt.subplots()
 
 hbars = ax.barh(y_pos, performance, xerr=error, align='center')
-ax.set_yticks(y_pos)
-ax.set_yticklabels(people)
+ax.set_yticks(y_pos, labels=people)
 ax.invert_yaxis()  # labels read top-to-bottom
 ax.set_xlabel('Performance')
 ax.set_title('How fast do you want to go today?')
@@ -84,8 +82,7 @@
 fig, ax = plt.subplots()
 
 hbars = ax.barh(y_pos, performance, xerr=error, align='center')
-ax.set_yticks(y_pos)
-ax.set_yticklabels(people)
+ax.set_yticks(y_pos, labels=people)
 ax.invert_yaxis()  # labels read top-to-bottom
 ax.set_xlabel('Performance')
 ax.set_title('How fast do you want to go today?')

diff --git a/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/barchart.py b/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/barchart.py
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@
 # Add some text for labels, title and custom x-axis tick labels, etc.
 ax.set_ylabel('Scores')
 ax.set_title('Scores by group and gender')
-ax.set_xticks(x)
-ax.set_xticklabels(labels)
+ax.set_xticks(x, labels)
 ax.legend()
 
 ax.bar_label(rects1, padding=3)

diff --git a/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/barh.py b/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/barh.py
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 error = np.random.rand(len(people))
 
 ax.barh(y_pos, performance, xerr=error, align='center')
-ax.set_yticks(y_pos)
-ax.set_yticklabels(people)
+ax.set_yticks(y_pos, labels=people)
 ax.invert_yaxis()  # labels read top-to-bottom
 ax.set_xlabel('Performance')
 ax.set_title('How fast do you want to go today?')

diff --git a/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/broken_barh.py b/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/broken_barh.py
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
 ax.set_ylim(5, 35)
 ax.set_xlim(0, 200)
 ax.set_xlabel('seconds since start')
-ax.set_yticks([15, 25])
-ax.set_yticklabels(['Bill', 'Jim'])
+ax.set_yticks([15, 25], labels=['Bill', 'Jim'])
 ax.grid(True)
 ax.annotate('race interrupted', (61, 25),
             xytext=(0.8, 0.9), textcoords='axes fraction',

diff --git a/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/hat_graph.py b/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/hat_graph.py
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ def label_bars(heights, rects):
 
     values = np.asarray(values)
     x = np.arange(values.shape[1])
-    ax.set_xticks(x)
-    ax.set_xticklabels(xlabels)
+    ax.set_xticks(x, labels=xlabels)
     spacing = 0.3  # spacing between hat groups
     width = (1 - spacing) / values.shape[0]
     heights0 = values[0]

diff --git a/examples/pyplots/auto_subplots_adjust.py b/examples/pyplots/auto_subplots_adjust.py
@@ -43,13 +43,12 @@
 
 fig, ax = plt.subplots()
 ax.plot(range(10))
-ax.set_yticks((2, 5, 7))
-labels = ax.set_yticklabels(('really, really, really', 'long', 'labels'))
+ax.set_yticks([2, 5, 7], labels=['really, really, really', 'long', 'labels'])
 
 
 def on_draw(event):
     bboxes = []
-    for label in labels:
+    for label in ax.get_yticklabels():
         # Bounding box in pixels
         bbox_px = label.get_window_extent()
         # Transform to relative figure coordinates. This is the inverse of

diff --git a/examples/scales/log_bar.py b/examples/scales/log_bar.py
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@
     y = [d[i] for d in data]
     b = ax.bar(x + i * dimw, y, dimw, bottom=0.001)
 
-ax.set_xticks(x + dimw / 2)
-ax.set_xticklabels(map(str, x))
+ax.set_xticks(x + dimw / 2, labels=map(str, x))
 ax.set_yscale('log')
 
 ax.set_xlabel('x')

diff --git a/examples/showcase/integral.py b/examples/showcase/integral.py
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ def func(x):
 ax.spines.top.set_visible(False)
 ax.xaxis.set_ticks_position('bottom')
 
-ax.set_xticks((a, b))
-ax.set_xticklabels(('$a$', '$b$'))
+ax.set_xticks([a, b], labels=['$a$', '$b$'])
 ax.set_yticks([])
 
 plt.show()
diff --git a/examples/specialty_plots/mri_with_eeg.py b/examples/specialty_plots/mri_with_eeg.py
@@ -68,8 +68,7 @@
 ax2.add_collection(lines)
 
 # Set the yticks to use axes coordinates on the y axis
-ax2.set_yticks(ticklocs)
-ax2.set_yticklabels(['PG3', 'PG5', 'PG7', 'PG9'])
+ax2.set_yticks(ticklocs, labels=['PG3', 'PG5', 'PG7', 'PG9'])
 
 ax2.set_xlabel('Time (s)')
 

diff --git a/examples/statistics/barchart_demo.py b/examples/statistics/barchart_demo.py
@@ -88,14 +88,12 @@ def plot_student_results(student, scores, cohort_size):
     # Set the right-hand Y-axis ticks and labels
     ax2 = ax1.twinx()
 
-    # Set the tick locations
-    ax2.set_yticks(pos)
+    # Set the tick locations and labels
+    ax2.set_yticks(
+        pos, labels=[format_score(scores[k].score, k) for k in test_names])
     # Set equal limits on both yaxis so that the ticks line up
     ax2.set_ylim(ax1.get_ylim())
 
-    # Set the tick labels
-    ax2.set_yticklabels([format_score(scores[k].score, k) for k in test_names])
-
     ax2.set_ylabel('Test Scores')
 
     xlabel = ('Percentile Ranking Across {grade} Grade {gender}s\n'

diff --git a/examples/statistics/boxplot_vs_violin.py b/examples/statistics/boxplot_vs_violin.py
@@ -45,13 +45,11 @@
 # adding horizontal grid lines
 for ax in axs:
     ax.yaxis.grid(True)
-    ax.set_xticks([y + 1 for y in range(len(all_data))])
+    ax.set_xticks([y + 1 for y in range(len(all_data))],
+                  labels=['x1', 'x2', 'x3', 'x4'])
     ax.set_xlabel('Four separate samples')
     ax.set_ylabel('Observed values')
 
-# add x-tick labels
-plt.setp(axs, xticks=[y + 1 for y in range(len(all_data))],
-         xticklabels=['x1', 'x2', 'x3', 'x4'])
 plt.show()
 
 #############################################################################

diff --git a/examples/statistics/customized_violin.py b/examples/statistics/customized_violin.py
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ def adjacent_values(vals, q1, q3):
 def set_axis_style(ax, labels):
     ax.xaxis.set_tick_params(direction='out')
     ax.xaxis.set_ticks_position('bottom')
-    ax.set_xticks(np.arange(1, len(labels) + 1))
-    ax.set_xticklabels(labels)
+    ax.set_xticks(np.arange(1, len(labels) + 1), labels=labels)
     ax.set_xlim(0.25, len(labels) + 0.75)
     ax.set_xlabel('Sample name')
 

diff --git a/examples/statistics/multiple_histograms_side_by_side.py b/examples/statistics/multiple_histograms_side_by_side.py
@@ -54,8 +54,7 @@
     lefts = x_loc - 0.5 * binned_data
     ax.barh(centers, binned_data, height=heights, left=lefts)
 
-ax.set_xticks(x_locations)
-ax.set_xticklabels(labels)
+ax.set_xticks(x_locations, labels)
 
 ax.set_ylabel("Data values")
 ax.set_xlabel("Data sets")

diff --git a/examples/style_sheets/ggplot.py b/examples/style_sheets/ggplot.py
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@
 ax3.bar(x, y1, width)
 ax3.bar(x + width, y2, width,
         color=list(plt.rcParams['axes.prop_cycle'])[2]['color'])
-ax3.set_xticks(x + width)
-ax3.set_xticklabels(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'])
+ax3.set_xticks(x + width, labels=['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'])
 
 # circles with colors from default color cycle
 for i, color in enumerate(plt.rcParams['axes.prop_cycle']):

diff --git a/examples/style_sheets/style_sheets_reference.py b/examples/style_sheets/style_sheets_reference.py
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ def plot_bar_graphs(ax, prng, min_value=5, max_value=25, nb_samples=5):
     width = 0.25
     ax.bar(x, ya, width)
     ax.bar(x + width, yb, width, color='C2')
-    ax.set_xticks(x + width)
-    ax.set_xticklabels(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'])
+    ax.set_xticks(x + width, labels=['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'])
     return ax
 
 

diff --git a/examples/text_labels_and_annotations/multiline.py b/examples/text_labels_and_annotations/multiline.py
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@
          va="baseline", ha="right", multialignment="left",
          bbox=dict(fc="none"))
 
-ax1.set_xticks([0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1.])
-ax1.set_xticklabels(["Jan\n2009", "Feb\n2009", "Mar\n2009", "Apr\n2009",
-                     "May\n2009"])
+ax1.set_xticks([0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1.],
+               labels=["Jan\n2009", "Feb\n2009", "Mar\n2009", "Apr\n2009",
+                       "May\n2009"])
 
 ax1.axhline(0.4)
 ax1.set_title("test line spacing for multiline text")

diff --git a/examples/ticks_and_spines/spines_bounds.py b/examples/ticks_and_spines/spines_bounds.py
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@
 
 # set ticks and tick labels
 ax.set_xlim((0, 2*np.pi))
-ax.set_xticks([0, np.pi, 2*np.pi])
-ax.set_xticklabels(['0', r'$\pi$', r'2$\pi$'])
+ax.set_xticks([0, np.pi, 2*np.pi], labels=['0', r'$\pi$', r'2$\pi$'])
 ax.set_ylim((-1.5, 1.5))
 ax.set_yticks([-1, 0, 1])
 

diff --git a/examples/units/bar_unit_demo.py b/examples/units/bar_unit_demo.py
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@
        label='Women')
 
 ax.set_title('Scores by group and gender')
-ax.set_xticks(ind + width / 2)
-ax.set_xticklabels(('G1', 'G2', 'G3', 'G4', 'G5'))
+ax.set_xticks(ind + width / 2, labels=['G1', 'G2', 'G3', 'G4', 'G5'])
 
 ax.legend()
 ax.yaxis.set_units(inch)

diff --git a/tutorials/toolkits/axes_grid.py b/tutorials/toolkits/axes_grid.py
@@ -161,9 +161,9 @@
 tick-formatter for bottom(or left)-axis. ::
 
   ax2 = ax.twin() # now, ax2 is responsible for "top" axis and "right" axis
-  ax2.set_xticks([0., .5*np.pi, np.pi, 1.5*np.pi, 2*np.pi])
-  ax2.set_xticklabels(["0", r"$\frac{1}{2}\pi$",
-                       r"$\pi$", r"$\frac{3}{2}\pi$", r"$2\pi$"])
+  ax2.set_xticks([0., .5*np.pi, np.pi, 1.5*np.pi, 2*np.pi],
+                 labels=["0", r"$\frac{1}{2}\pi$",
+                         r"$\pi$", r"$\frac{3}{2}\pi$", r"$2\pi$"])
 
 .. figure:: ../../gallery/axes_grid1/images/sphx_glr_simple_axisline4_001.png
    :target: ../../gallery/axes_grid1/simple_axisline4.html