.. 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_subplots_axes_and_figures_invert_axes.py: =========== Invert Axes =========== You can use decreasing axes by flipping the normal order of the axis limits .. image:: /gallery/subplots_axes_and_figures/images/sphx_glr_invert_axes_001.png :alt: Should be growing... :class: sphx-glr-single-img .. code-block:: default import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np t = np.arange(0.01, 5.0, 0.01) s = np.exp(-t) fig, ax = plt.subplots() ax.plot(t, s) ax.set_xlim(5, 0) # decreasing time ax.set_xlabel('decreasing time (s)') ax.set_ylabel('voltage (mV)') ax.set_title('Should be growing...') ax.grid(True) plt.show() .. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_subplots_axes_and_figures_invert_axes.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: invert_axes.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: invert_axes.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_