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I want to change place of ylabel near the axes.enter image description here

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See the ylabel shift option, which can be used to move the label by an amount, for example

\begin{axis}[ylabel shift = 1 pt]
  ...
\end{axis}

(You will need to have \pgfplotsset{compat = 1.3} or a higher version number for this to work.)

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  • Shouldn't also be set \pgfplotsset{compat=1.3}? – Claudio Fiandrino May 4 '12 at 7:30
  • @Claudio I've added that comment. I always use the latest settings, so this is not something I have to worry about normally. – Joseph Wright♦ May 4 '12 at 7:31
  • thanks for the explanation. I did not know this fact :) – Claudio Fiandrino May 4 '12 at 7:34
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    Setting \pgfplotsset{compat=1.3} (or higher) will automatically move the label "as close as possible" (i.e. near the boundary of the largest tick label). Perhaps you do not even need a custom shift (although it might be necessary if tick labels have signs which increase the bounding box). – Christian Feuersänger May 4 '12 at 19:43
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Try to add the ylabel near ticks option in the axis environment like this

\begin{axis}[..., ylabel near ticks, ...]
  ...
\end{axis}

There is no need to give a value for this option.

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The following code shall works for you

%----------------------------------------------
\pgfplotsset{every axis legend/.style={
cells={anchor=center},% Centered entries
inner xsep=3pt,
inner ysep=2pt,
nodes={inner sep=2pt,text depth=0.15em},
anchor=south east,
shape=rectangle, %box shape
fill=white, %box inside
draw=white, %box color
at={(rel axis cs:0.90,1.0)} %box position right top
}}

%-------------------------------------------
\begin{axis}
[
 ylabel style={yshift=0.4cm}, %shifting the y line text
]
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