Matplotlib.axes.Axes.axhline() in Python
Matplotlib is a library in Python and it is numerical – mathematical extension for NumPy library. The Axes Class contains most of the figure elements: Axis, Tick, Line2D, Text, Polygon, etc., and sets the coordinate system. And the instances of Axes supports callbacks through a callbacks attribute.
matplotlib.axes.Axes.axhline() Function
The Axes.axhline() function in axes module of matplotlib library is used to add a horizontal line across the axis.
Syntax:
Axes.axhline(self, y=0, xmin=0, xmax=1, **kwargs)Parameters: This method accept the following parameters that are described below:
- y: This parameter is the y position in data coordinates of the horizontal line with default value of 0.
- xmin: This parameter should be between 0 and 1, 0 being the far left of the plot, 1 the far right of the plot.Its default value of 0.
- xmax: This parameter should be between 0 and 1, 0 being the far left of the plot, 1 the far right of the plot. Its default value of 1.
Returns: This returns the following:
- lines:This returns the list of Line2D objects representing the plotted data.
Below examples illustrate the matplotlib.axes.Axes.axhline() function in matplotlib.axes:
Example-1:
# Implementation of matplotlib function import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np import matplotlib.collections as collections t = np.arange( 0.0 , 2 , 0.01 ) s1 = np.sin( 4 * np.pi * t) s2 = 0.75 * np.sin( 8 * np.pi * t) fig, ax = plt.subplots() ax.plot(t, s1, color = 'black' ) ax.axhline( 0 , color = 'green' , lw = 2 ) ax.set_title( 'matplotlib.axes.Axes.axhline() Example' ) plt.show() |
Output:
Example-2:
# Implementation of matplotlib function import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import matplotlib.tri as mtri import numpy as np fig, ax = plt.subplots() x = np.arange( 0 , 8 * np.pi, 0.01 ) y = np.sin(x) ax.plot(x, y, color = 'black' ) threshold = 0.35 ax.axhline(threshold, color = 'green' , lw = 3 , alpha = 0.7 ) ax.fill_between(x, 0 , 1 , where = y > threshold, color = 'green' , alpha = 0.8 , transform = ax.get_xaxis_transform()) ax.set_title( 'matplotlib.axes.Axes.axhline() Example' ) plt.show() |
Output: