.. note::
    :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

    Click :ref:`here <sphx_glr_download_gallery_subplots_axes_and_figures_invert_axes.py>` to download the full example code
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_gallery_subplots_axes_and_figures_invert_axes.py:


===========
Invert Axes
===========

You can use decreasing axes by flipping the normal order of the axis
limits




.. image:: /gallery/subplots_axes_and_figures/images/sphx_glr_invert_axes_001.png
    :class: sphx-glr-single-img





.. code-block:: python


    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import numpy as np

    t = np.arange(0.01, 5.0, 0.01)
    s = np.exp(-t)
    plt.plot(t, s)

    plt.xlim(5, 0)  # decreasing time

    plt.xlabel('decreasing time (s)')
    plt.ylabel('voltage (mV)')
    plt.title('Should be growing...')
    plt.grid(True)

    plt.show()


.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_subplots_axes_and_figures_invert_axes.py:


.. only :: html

 .. container:: sphx-glr-footer
    :class: sphx-glr-footer-example



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Python source code: invert_axes.py <invert_axes.py>`



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: invert_axes.ipynb <invert_axes.ipynb>`


.. only:: html

 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot
    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery
    <https://sphinx-gallery.readthedocs.io>`_
