guide_ylabel.md

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title: ylabel author: Darwin Darakananda part: Guide order: 3001 ...

Sets the y-axis label for the plot.

Arguments

• label: Y-axis label
• orientation (optional): :horizontal, :vertical, or :auto (default)

label is not a keyword parameter, it must be supplied as the first argument of Guide.ylabel. Setting it to nothing will suppress the default label.

Examples

using Gadfly

Gadfly.set_default_plot_size(14cm, 8cm)

plot(cos, 0, 2π, Guide.ylabel("cos(x)"))

plot(cos, 0, 2π, Guide.ylabel("cos(x)", orientation=:horizontal))

plot(cos, 0, 2π, Guide.ylabel(nothing))