Could not get Boxplot x-axis titles to rotate 90 degrees

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#1

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My Code:
<<<
cols = [‘Major_category’, ‘Median’]
category_compare = recent_grads_original[cols]

data = category_compare[‘Median’]
category = category_compare[‘Major_category’]
category_compare.boxplot(column=‘Median’, by=‘Major_category’)
plt.set_xticks(range(len(category)))
plt.set_xticklabels(category, rotation=90)
plt.set_ylim(0,100000)

plt.show()

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What I expected to happen:
I expected my x-axis title to be rotated 90 degrees.

What actually happened:
They were not.

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There was no error statement!
[Major Category Boxplot|471x500](upload://qmiTJGfgGgLs9jkEyYb8DhBYzaZ.jpeg) ![Major Category|599x453](upload://5odDcdCChlm6XV5iQEts2DnI4PH.jpeg) ```

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#2

Hi Bruce,

To rotate the x-tick labels, you need this code, instead of those 2 lines:

plt.xticks(rotation=90)

Also, for limiting the y-axis, you need this code:

plt.ylim(0,100000)
#3

Thank you Elena!
Bruce

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