Customizing axis labels and adding titles

Customizing the axis labels requires using the set_xlabel and set_ylabel methods of the Axes object. Adding a title uses the set_title method.

In this exercise, you will customize the content of the axis labels and add a title to a plot.

As before, the data is already provided in pandas DataFrame objects loaded into memory: seattle_weather and austin_weather. These each have a "MONTH" column and a "MLY-PRCP-NORMAL" column. These data are plotted against each other in the first two lines of the sample code provided.

In addition, a Figure object named fig and an Axes object named ax have already been created for you.

This exercise is part of the course

Introduction to Data Visualization with Matplotlib

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Exercise instructions

Use the set_xlabel method to add the label: "Time (months)".
Use the set_ylabel method to add the label: "Precipitation (inches)".
Use the set_title method to add the title: "Weather patterns in Austin and Seattle".

Hands-on interactive exercise

Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.

ax.plot(seattle_weather["MONTH"], seattle_weather["MLY-PRCP-NORMAL"])
ax.plot(austin_weather["MONTH"], austin_weather["MLY-PRCP-NORMAL"])

# Customize the x-axis label
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# Customize the y-axis label
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# Add the title
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# Display the figure
plt.show()

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