.. 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:
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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
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