Axes.set_xlim(left=None, right=None, emit=True, auto=False, **kw)¶Set the data limits for the xaxis
Call signature:
set_xlim(self, *args, **kwargs):
Set the data limits for the xaxis
Examples:
set_xlim((left, right))
set_xlim(left, right)
set_xlim(left=1) # right unchanged
set_xlim(right=1) # left unchanged
Keyword arguments:
- left: scalar
- The left xlim; xmin, the previous name, may still be used
- right: scalar
- The right xlim; xmax, the previous name, may still be used
- emit: [ True | False ]
- Notify observers of limit change
- auto: [ True | False | None ]
- Turn x autoscaling on (True), off (False; default), or leave unchanged (None)
Note, the left (formerly xmin) value may be greater than the right (formerly xmax). For example, suppose x is years before present. Then one might use:
set_ylim(5000, 0)
so 5000 years ago is on the left of the plot and the present is on the right.
Returns the current xlimits as a length 2 tuple
ACCEPTS: length 2 sequence of floats