.. _docs-meteoinfolab-plot-functions-xticks:


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xticks
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.. currentmodule:: mipylib.plotlib.miplot

.. function:: xticks(locs, labels, rotation=0)

    Set the x-limits of the current tick locations and labels.
    
    :param locs: (*array_like*) Tick locations.
    :param labels: (*string list*) Tick labels.
    :param fontname: (*string*) Font name. Default is ``Arial`` .
    :param fontsize: (*int*) Font size. Default is ``14`` .
    :param bold: (*boolean*) Is bold font or not. Default is ``True`` .
    :param color: (*color*) Tick label string color. Default is ``black`` .
    :param rotation: (*float*) Tick label rotation angle. Default is 0.
    
    **Example:**
    
    ::

        menMeans = [20, 35, 30, 35, 27]
        bar(menMeans, color='r', label='Men')
        womenMeans = [25, 32, 34, 20, 25]
        bar(womenMeans, color='y', label='Women')
        ylim(0, 40)
        ylabel('Mean age')
        xticks(arange(1, len(menMeans) + 1), ['G1','G2','G3','G4','G5'])
        legend()
        title('Bar chart example')
        
    .. image:: ../../../../_static/bar_1.png