set axis plt python

# Basic syntax:
plt.xlabel("X axis label") # Add ", fontsize = #" to control fontsize
plt.ylabel("Y axis label")

# Example usage:
plt.plot(range(5))
plt.xlabel("X axis label")
plt.ylabel("Y axis label")
plt.title("Figure title", fontsize = 20)

# Note, xlabel and ylabel come from matplotlib.pyplot and plt is an 
# 	abbreviation for this, e.g. import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

axes.set_xlim([xmin, xmax])
axes.set_ylim([ymin, ymax])

from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
plt.axis([0, 10, 0, 20])