.. _ticks_and_spines-ticklabels_demo_rotation:

ticks_and_spines example code: ticklabels_demo_rotation.py
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.. plot:: /build/matplotlib-2.0.0+dfsg1/doc/mpl_examples/ticks_and_spines/ticklabels_demo_rotation.py

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    """
    Demo of custom tick-labels with user-defined rotation.
    """
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    
    
    x = [1, 2, 3, 4]
    y = [1, 4, 9, 6]
    labels = ['Frogs', 'Hogs', 'Bogs', 'Slogs']
    
    plt.plot(x, y, 'ro')
    # You can specify a rotation for the tick labels in degrees or with keywords.
    plt.xticks(x, labels, rotation='vertical')
    # Pad margins so that markers don't get clipped by the axes
    plt.margins(0.2)
    # Tweak spacing to prevent clipping of tick-labels
    plt.subplots_adjust(bottom=0.15)
    plt.show()
    

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