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Setting y-axis limit in Matplotlib
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To set a limit on the y-axis (i.e. the range), use the y-lim(~)
method:
plt.plot([1,2,3])plt.ylim(0,4)plt.show()
The output is as follows:

Notice how the y-axis goes from 0 to 4, as specified.
Alternatively you can use the set_ylim(~)
method:
fig, ax = plt.subplots()ax.set_ylim(0,4)
Which produces the output:

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