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matplotlib.axes.Axes.get_ylim

Axes.get_ylim(self)

Return the y-axis view limits.

Returns:
bottom, top : (float, float)

The current y-axis limits in data coordinates.

Notes

The y-axis may be inverted, in which case the bottom value will be greater than the top value.