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matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_xbound

Axes.set_xbound(lower=None, upper=None)

Set the lower and upper numerical bounds of the x-axis.

This method will honor axes inversion regardless of parameter order. It will not change the autoscaling setting (Axes._autoscaleXon).

Parameters:
lower, upper : float or None

The lower and upper bounds. If None, the respective axis bound is not modified.