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matplotlib.axes.Axes.vlines
Axes.vlines(x, ymin, ymax, colors='k', linestyles='solid', label='', *, data=None, **kwargs)
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Plot vertical lines.
Plot vertical lines at each
x
fromymin
toymax
.Parameters: x : scalar or 1D array_like
x-indexes where to plot the lines.
ymin, ymax : scalar or 1D array_like
Respective beginning and end of each line. If scalars are provided, all lines will have same length.
colors : array_like of colors, optional, default: ‘k’
linestyles : [‘solid’ | ‘dashed’ | ‘dashdot’ | ‘dotted’], optional
label : string, optional, default: ‘’
Returns: lines :
LineCollection
Other Parameters: **kwargs :
LineCollection
properties.See also
hlines
- horizontal lines
axvline
- vertical line across the axes
- In addition to the above described arguments, this function can take a data keyword argument. If such a data argument is given, the following arguments are replaced by data[<arg>]: * All arguments with the following names: ‘colors’, ‘x’, ‘ymax’, ‘ymin’.
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