#!/usr/bin/env python from pylab import * figure(1) plot(10*rand(12), 'o') xlim(0,15) xticks([2, 4, 8, 12], ('John', 'Hunter', 'Was', 'Here')) ylim(-1,10) yticks(range(8)) figure(2) t = arange(-1,2, .01) s = sin(2*pi*t) plot(t,s) # draw a thick red hline at y=0 that spans the xrange l = axhline(linewidth=4, color='r') # draw a default hline at y=1 that spans the xrange l = axhline(y=1) # draw a default vline at x=1 that spans the xrange l = axvline(x=1) # draw a thick blue vline at x=0 that spans the the upper quadrant of # the yrange l = axvline(x=0, ymin=0.75, linewidth=4, color='b') # draw a default hline at y=.5 that spans the the middle half of # the axes l = axhline(y=.5, xmin=0.25, xmax=0.75) p = axhspan(0.25, 0.75, facecolor='0.5', alpha=0.5) p = axvspan(1.25, 1.55, facecolor='g', alpha=0.5) axis([-1,2,-1,2]) show()