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.. _user_defined:

User defined axes
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Example 20 - User labelling of axes
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.. image::  images/fig20a.png
   :scale: 44%

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   import cf
   import cfplot as cfp
   f=cf.read('cfplot_data/Geostropic_Adjustment.nc')[0]
   cfp.con(f.subspace[9])




In the following plot the axes were labelled with the axes command before making a contour map of the data.  The xticklabels and yticklabels options can be used to fine tune the axis labels.

.. image::  images/fig20.png
   :scale: 44%

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   import cf
   import cfplot as cfp
   import numpy as np
   f=cf.read('cfplot_data/Geostropic_Adjustment.nc')[0]
   cfp.con(f.subspace[9], title='test data', xticks=np.arange(5)*100000+100000,
           yticks=np.arange(7)*2000+2000, xlabel='x-axis', ylabel='z-axis')