plt.xticks string code example
Example: plt.xticks
# Show x axes with intervals of X instead of default (this case default=5)
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
x = [0,5,9,10,15]
y = [0,1,2,3,4]
X = 1.0
plt.plot(x,y)
plt.xticks(np.arange(min(x), max(x)+1, X))
plt.show()