matplotlib.pyplot.axline#

matplotlib.pyplot.axline(xy1, xy2=None, *, slope=None, **kwargs)[source]#

Add an infinitely long straight line.

The line can be defined either by two points xy1 and xy2, or by one point xy1 and a slope.

This draws a straight line "on the screen", regardless of the x and y scales, and is thus also suitable for drawing exponential decays in semilog plots, power laws in loglog plots, etc. However, slope should only be used with linear scales; It has no clear meaning for all other scales, and thus the behavior is undefined. Please specify the line using the points xy1, xy2 for non-linear scales.

The transform keyword argument only applies to the points xy1, xy2. The slope (if given) is always in data coordinates. This can be used e.g. with ax.transAxes for drawing grid lines with a fixed slope.

Parameters:
xy1, xy2(float, float)

Points for the line to pass through. Either xy2 or slope has to be given.

slopefloat, optional

The slope of the line. Either xy2 or slope has to be given.

Returns:
AxLine
Other Parameters:
**kwargs

Valid kwargs are Line2D properties

Property

Description

agg_filter

a filter function, which takes a (m, n, 3) float array and a dpi value, and returns a (m, n, 3) array and two offsets from the bottom left corner of the image

alpha

scalar or None

animated

bool

antialiased or aa

bool

clip_box

BboxBase or None

clip_on

bool

clip_path

Patch or (Path, Transform) or None

color or c

color

dash_capstyle

CapStyle or {'butt', 'projecting', 'round'}

dash_joinstyle

JoinStyle or {'miter', 'round', 'bevel'}

dashes

sequence of floats (on/off ink in points) or (None, None)

data

(2, N) array or two 1D arrays

drawstyle or ds

{'default', 'steps', 'steps-pre', 'steps-mid', 'steps-post'}, default: 'default'

figure

Figure

fillstyle

{'full', 'left', 'right', 'bottom', 'top', 'none'}

gapcolor

color or None

gid

str

in_layout

bool

label

object

linestyle or ls

{'-', '--', '-.', ':', '', (offset, on-off-seq), ...}

linewidth or lw

float

marker

marker style string, Path or MarkerStyle

markeredgecolor or mec

color

markeredgewidth or mew

float

markerfacecolor or mfc

color

markerfacecoloralt or mfcalt

color

markersize or ms

float

markevery

None or int or (int, int) or slice or list[int] or float or (float, float) or list[bool]

mouseover

bool

path_effects

list of AbstractPathEffect

picker

float or callable[[Artist, Event], tuple[bool, dict]]

pickradius

float

rasterized

bool

sketch_params

(scale: float, length: float, randomness: float)

snap

bool or None

solid_capstyle

CapStyle or {'butt', 'projecting', 'round'}

solid_joinstyle

JoinStyle or {'miter', 'round', 'bevel'}

transform

unknown

url

str

visible

bool

xdata

1D array

ydata

1D array

zorder

float

See also

axhline

for horizontal lines

axvline

for vertical lines

Examples

Draw a thick red line passing through (0, 0) and (1, 1):

>>> axline((0, 0), (1, 1), linewidth=4, color='r')

Examples using matplotlib.pyplot.axline#

Infinite lines

Infinite lines

Anscombe's quartet

Anscombe's quartet