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matplotlib.axes.Axes.get_xlim

Axes.get_xlim(self)

Return the x-axis view limits.

Returns:
left, right : (float, float)

The current x-axis limits in data coordinates.

Notes

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

Examples using matplotlib.axes.Axes.get_xlim