matplotlib.axes.Axes.hlines

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

Plot horizontal lines at each y from xmin to xmax.

Parameters:

y : scalar or sequence of scalar

y-indexes where to plot the lines.

xmin, xmax : 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

vlines

vertical lines

axhline

horizontal 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', 'xmax', 'xmin', 'y'. Objects passed as data must support item access (data[<arg>]) and membership test (<arg> in data).

Examples using matplotlib.axes.Axes.hlines

Visualizing named colors