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<h1><codeclass="docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">matplotlib.axes</span></code><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib-axes" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<p>The <aclass="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.axes.Axes" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes"><codeclass="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">Axes</span></code></a> instance supports callbacks through a callbacks attribute which
is a <aclass="reference internal" href="cbook_api.html#matplotlib.cbook.CallbackRegistry" title="matplotlib.cbook.CallbackRegistry"><codeclass="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">CallbackRegistry</span></code></a> instance. The events you can connect to
are 'xlim_changed' and 'ylim_changed' and the callback will be called with
func(<em>ax</em>) where <em>ax</em> is the <aclass="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.axes.Axes" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes"><codeclass="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">Axes</span></code></a> instance.</p>
<trclass="field-odd field"><thclass="field-name">Attributes:</th><tdclass="field-body"><dlclass="first last docutils">
<dt><strong>dataLim</strong><spanclass="classifier"><aclass="reference internal" href="transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.Bbox" title="matplotlib.transforms.Bbox"><codeclass="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">Bbox</span></code></a></span></dt><dd><p>The bounding box enclosing all data displayed in the Axes.</p>
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<dt><strong>viewLim</strong><spanclass="classifier"><aclass="reference internal" href="transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.Bbox" title="matplotlib.transforms.Bbox"><codeclass="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">Bbox</span></code></a></span></dt><dd><p>The view limits in data coordinates.</p>
<dt><strong>fig</strong><spanclass="classifier"><aclass="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.figure.Figure.html#matplotlib.figure.Figure" title="matplotlib.figure.Figure"><codeclass="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">Figure</span></code></a></span></dt><dd><p>The axes is build in the <aclass="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.figure.Figure.html#matplotlib.figure.Figure" title="matplotlib.figure.Figure"><codeclass="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">Figure</span></code></a><em>fig</em>.</p>
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<dt><strong>rect</strong><spanclass="classifier">[left, bottom, width, height]</span></dt><dd><p>The axes is build in the rectangle <em>rect</em>. <em>rect</em> is in
<dt><strong>sharex, sharey</strong><spanclass="classifier"><aclass="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.axes.Axes" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes"><codeclass="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">Axes</span></code></a>, optional</span></dt><dd><p>The x or y <aclass="reference internal" href="axis_api.html#module-matplotlib.axis" title="matplotlib.axis"><codeclass="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">axis</span></code></a> is shared with the x or
y axis in the input <aclass="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.axes.Axes" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes"><codeclass="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">Axes</span></code></a>.</p>
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<dt><strong>frameon</strong><spanclass="classifier">bool, optional</span></dt><dd><p>True means that the axes frame is visible.</p>
<td>Base class for subplots, which are <aclass="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.axes.Axes" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes"><codeclass="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">Axes</span></code></a> instances with additional methods to facilitate generating and manipulating a set of <aclass="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.axes.Axes" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes"><codeclass="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">Axes</span></code></a> within a figure.</td>
<td>This makes a new class that inherits from <aclass="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.SubplotBase.html#matplotlib.axes.SubplotBase" title="matplotlib.axes.SubplotBase"><codeclass="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">SubplotBase</span></code></a> and the given axes_class (which is assumed to be a subclass of <aclass="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.axes.Axes" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes"><codeclass="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">axes.Axes</span></code></a>).</td>
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<divclass="section" id="plotting">
<h2><aclass="toc-backref" href="#id3">Plotting</a><aclass="headerlink" href="#plotting" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<divclass="section" id="basic">
<h3><aclass="toc-backref" href="#id4">Basic</a><aclass="headerlink" href="#basic" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<h3><aclass="toc-backref" href="#id11">Unstructured Triangles</a><aclass="headerlink" href="#unstructured-triangles" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<td>Draw contours on an unstructured triangular grid.</td>
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<divclass="section" id="text-and-annotations">
<h3><aclass="toc-backref" href="#id12">Text and Annotations</a><aclass="headerlink" href="#text-and-annotations" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<td>Add a table to an <aclass="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.axes.Axes" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes"><codeclass="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">Axes</span></code></a>.</td>
<td>Add an inset indicator rectangle to the axes based on the axis limits for an <em>inset_ax</em> and draw connectors between <em>inset_ax</em> and the rectangle.</td>
<h3><aclass="toc-backref" href="#id18">Axis Limits and direction</a><aclass="headerlink" href="#axis-limits-and-direction" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<td>Extend the <codeclass="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">datalim</span></code> Bbox to include the given <aclass="reference internal" href="transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.Bbox" title="matplotlib.transforms.Bbox"><codeclass="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">Bbox</span></code></a>.</td>
<h3><aclass="toc-backref" href="#id19">Axis Labels, title, and legend</a><aclass="headerlink" href="#axis-labels-title-and-legend" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<td>Return the <codeclass="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">Legend</span></code> instance, or None if no legend is defined.</td>
<h3><aclass="toc-backref" href="#id21">Autoscaling and margins</a><aclass="headerlink" href="#autoscaling-and-margins" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>