FAQ: Line Graphs in Matplotlib - Labeling the Axes

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This community-built FAQ covers the “Labeling the Axes” exercise from the lesson “Line Graphs in Matplotlib”.

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Data Visualization in Python

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Why the page that show result of code and graphs don’t work?

How would the program know which title goes with which graph? What happens if we have two graphs and have only one plt.title() line?

If you’re using plt.title it relies on what it think is the “current axis” is. This would be the most recently created axis but certain operations and functions will change this.

However, if you are working with multiple figures and axes I’d highly suggest keeping a reference to each figure and axis, that way you can directly modify only the axis you want and there’s no need for you or for anyone reading your code to keep track of a hidden “current axis”, the target for any modifications is explicit instead of implicit.

For a quick example-

fig_a, axes_a = plt.subplots(1, 2)
axes_a[0].set_title("The first axis")
axes_a[1].set_title("The second...")

You can modify several settings at once if you like, e.g. ax[1].set(xlim=(0, 8), xticks=np.arange(1, 8), ylim=(0, 8), yticks=np.arange(1, 8)).