set tick labels matplotlib code example

Example 1: tick labels vertical matplotlib

plt.xticks(rotation=45)

Example 2: changing axis labels matplotlib

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

fig, ax = plt.subplots()

labels = [item.get_text() for item in ax.get_xticklabels()]
labels[1] = 'Testing'

ax.set_xticklabels(labels)

Example 3: turn off xticks matplotlib

# for matplotlib.pyplot
# ---------------------
plt.xticks([], [])
# for axis object
# ---------------
# from Anakhand May 5 at 13:08
# for major ticks
ax.set_xticks([])
# for minor ticks
ax.set_xticks([], minor=True)

Example 4: matplotlib custom ticks

axis.set_yticks([0.5,0.6,0.7,0.8,0.9,1.0])