matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_xscale

Axes.set_xscale(value, **kwargs)

Set the x-axis scale.

Parameters:

value : {"linear", "log", "symlog", "logit", ...}

The axis scale type to apply.

**kwargs

Different keyword arguments are accepted, depending on the scale. See the respective class keyword arguments:

• matplotlib.scale.LinearScale
• matplotlib.scale.LogScale
• matplotlib.scale.SymmetricalLogScale
• matplotlib.scale.LogitScale

Notes

By default, Matplotlib supports the above mentioned scales. Additionally, custom scales may be registered using matplotlib.scale.register_scale. These scales can then also be used here.