matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_ylim

Axes.set_ylim(bottom=None, top=None, emit=True, auto=False, **kw)

Set the data limits for the y-axis

Parameters:

bottom : scalar, optional

The bottom ylim (default: None, which leaves the bottom limit unchanged).

top : scalar, optional

The top ylim (default: None, which leaves the top limit unchanged).

emit : bool, optional

Whether to notify observers of limit change (default: True).

auto : bool or None, optional

Whether to turn on autoscaling of the y-axis. True turns on, False turns off (default action), None leaves unchanged.

ylimits : tuple, optional

The bottom and top yxlims may be passed as the tuple (bottom, top) as the first positional argument (or as the bottom keyword argument).

Returns:

ylimits : tuple

Returns the new y-axis limits as (bottom, top).

Notes

The bottom value may be greater than the top value, in which case the y-axis values will decrease from bottom to top.

Examples

>>> set_ylim(bottom, top)
>>> set_ylim((bottom, top))
>>> bottom, top = set_ylim(bottom, top)

One limit may be left unchanged.

>>> set_ylim(top=top_lim)

Limits may be passed in reverse order to flip the direction of the y-axis. For example, suppose y represents depth of the ocean in m. The y-axis limits might be set like the following so 5000 m depth is at the bottom of the plot and the surface, 0 m, is at the top.

>>> set_ylim(5000, 0)