.. _sphx_glr_gallery_subplots_axes_and_figures_invert_axes.py: =========== Invert Axes =========== You can use decreasing axes by flipping the normal order of the axis limits .. image:: /gallery/subplots_axes_and_figures/images/sphx_glr_invert_axes_001.png :align: center .. code-block:: python import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np t = np.arange(0.01, 5.0, 0.01) s = np.exp(-t) plt.plot(t, s) plt.xlim(5, 0) # decreasing time plt.xlabel('decreasing time (s)') plt.ylabel('voltage (mV)') plt.title('Should be growing...') plt.grid(True) plt.show() .. only :: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Python source code: invert_axes.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: invert_axes.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_