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matplotlib.axes.Axes.get_xlim

Axes.get_xlim()

Get the x-axis range

Returns:
xlimits : tuple

Returns the current x-axis limits as the tuple (left, right).

Notes

The x-axis may be inverted, in which case the left value will be greater than the right value.