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Put a title on the right y axis of a matplotlib axes using the set_title API.
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right_side_title.py
import matplotlib as mpl
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
f, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(5, 5))
ax.set_title("Col title", y=1)
title = ax.set_title(
"Row title", loc="right", y=.5,
rotation=270, ha="left", va="center",
)
offset_trans = mpl.transforms.ScaledTranslation(
mpl.rcParams["axes.titlepad"] / 72, 0, ax.figure.dpi_scale_trans
)
title.set_transform(ax.transAxes + offset_trans)
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mwaskom commented Jul 18, 2021

right_title

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