matplotlib.axes.Axes.hlines

Axes.hlines(y, xmin, xmax, colors=None, linestyles='solid', label='', *, data=None, **kwargs)[source]

Plot horizontal lines at each y from xmin to xmax.

Parameters

yfloat or array-like

y-indexes where to plot the lines.

xmin, xmaxfloat or array-like

Respective beginning and end of each line. If scalars are provided, all lines will have same length.

colorslist of colors, default: rcParams["lines.color"] (default: 'C0')

linestyles{'solid', 'dashed', 'dashdot', 'dotted'}, optional

labelstr, default: ''

Returns

LineCollection

Other Parameters

dataindexable object, optional

If given, the following parameters also accept a string s, which is interpreted as data[s] (unless this raises an exception):

y, xmin, xmax, colors

**kwargsLineCollection properties.

See also

vlines

vertical lines

axhline

horizontal line across the Axes

Examples using matplotlib.axes.Axes.hlines