.. only:: html .. note:: :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note Click :ref:`here ` to download the full example code .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title .. _sphx_glr_gallery_lines_bars_and_markers_errorbar_limits_simple.py: ======================== Errorbar limit selection ======================== Illustration of selectively drawing lower and/or upper limit symbols on errorbars using the parameters ``uplims``, ``lolims`` of `~.pyplot.errorbar`. Alternatively, you can use 2xN values to draw errorbars in only one direction. .. code-block:: default import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt fig = plt.figure() x = np.arange(10) y = 2.5 * np.sin(x / 20 * np.pi) yerr = np.linspace(0.05, 0.2, 10) plt.errorbar(x, y + 3, yerr=yerr, label='both limits (default)') plt.errorbar(x, y + 2, yerr=yerr, uplims=True, label='uplims=True') plt.errorbar(x, y + 1, yerr=yerr, uplims=True, lolims=True, label='uplims=True, lolims=True') upperlimits = [True, False] * 5 lowerlimits = [False, True] * 5 plt.errorbar(x, y, yerr=yerr, uplims=upperlimits, lolims=lowerlimits, label='subsets of uplims and lolims') plt.legend(loc='lower right') .. image:: /gallery/lines_bars_and_markers/images/sphx_glr_errorbar_limits_simple_001.png :class: sphx-glr-single-img .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out Out: .. code-block:: none Similarly ``xuplims``and ``xlolims`` can be used on the horizontal ``xerr`` errorbars. .. code-block:: default fig = plt.figure() x = np.arange(10) / 10 y = (x + 0.1)**2 plt.errorbar(x, y, xerr=0.1, xlolims=True, label='xlolims=True') y = (x + 0.1)**3 plt.errorbar(x + 0.6, y, xerr=0.1, xuplims=upperlimits, xlolims=lowerlimits, label='subsets of xuplims and xlolims') y = (x + 0.1)**4 plt.errorbar(x + 1.2, y, xerr=0.1, xuplims=True, label='xuplims=True') plt.legend() plt.show() .. image:: /gallery/lines_bars_and_markers/images/sphx_glr_errorbar_limits_simple_002.png :class: sphx-glr-single-img ------------ References """""""""" The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown in this example: .. code-block:: default import matplotlib matplotlib.axes.Axes.errorbar matplotlib.pyplot.errorbar .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out Out: .. code-block:: none .. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_lines_bars_and_markers_errorbar_limits_simple.py: .. only :: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer :class: sphx-glr-footer-example .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python :download:`Download Python source code: errorbar_limits_simple.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: errorbar_limits_simple.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_