Re: [Matplotlib-users] getting the min and max values of an axis for plotting

[Christopher B. <c-...@as...>]

Hi Johann,

try:
a,b = ylim()

> I have a function, which I am plotting. I want to add a line positioned 
> at, say, the mean of the function, so I want to do plot([x,x],[y0,y1]).
> In order to get y0, and y1, my brute force trial and error browsing of 
> the API lead me to :
> y0=gca().yaxis.get_majorticklabels()[0].get_position()[1]
> y1=gca().yaxis.get_majorticklabels()[-1].get_position()[1]
> 
> .... and as I am never contented, I now ask : is it really the manner of 
> choice to get this information. I sense that I did not take the 
> straightest path to get it :)