Re: [Matplotlib-users] Reverse y-axis?

[Michael D. <md...@st...>]

On 06/25/2010 07:41 AM, Preben Randhol wrote:
> Hi
>
> I need to plot some data vs depth. In stead of giving depths as
> 0,-1000,-2000, I want to give the depths as 0,1000,2000 but when plotting
> the data goes downwards (as if they had been negative). Can I get the
> y-axis to reverse so it goes downwards and not upwards?
>    
If using the OO interface:

axes.invert_yaxis()

or

axes.set_ylim(2000, 0) # note the larger value first

or with the pylab interface:

ylim(2000, 0)

Mike

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Michael Droettboom
Science Software Branch
Space Telescope Science Institute
Baltimore, Maryland, USA