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Drawing plots in logarithmic scaleDrawing the axis lineInverting y-axisPlotting two lines with different y axisRemoving axisSetting only the lower or upper limitSetting x-axis limitSetting y-axis limit
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Inverting y-axis in Matplotlib

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To invert the y-axis in Matplotlib use the invert_yaxis() method:

plt.plot([1,2,3])
plt.gca().invert_yaxis()
plt.show()

The output is as follows:

Notice how the y-axis is inverted; the upper bound is at the bottom, while the lower bound is at the top.

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