""" ======================== Errorbar limit selection ======================== Illustration of selectively drawing lower and/or upper limit symbols on errorbars using the parameters ``uplims``, ``lolims`` of `~.pyplot.errorbar`. Alternatively, you can use 2xN values to draw errorbars in only one direction. """ import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt fig = plt.figure() x = np.arange(10) y = 2.5 * np.sin(x / 20 * np.pi) yerr = np.linspace(0.05, 0.2, 10) plt.errorbar(x, y + 3, yerr=yerr, label='both limits (default)') plt.errorbar(x, y + 2, yerr=yerr, uplims=True, label='uplims=True') plt.errorbar(x, y + 1, yerr=yerr, uplims=True, lolims=True, label='uplims=True, lolims=True') upperlimits = [True, False] * 5 lowerlimits = [False, True] * 5 plt.errorbar(x, y, yerr=yerr, uplims=upperlimits, lolims=lowerlimits, label='subsets of uplims and lolims') plt.legend(loc='lower right') ############################################################################## # Similarly ``xuplims`` and ``xlolims`` can be used on the horizontal ``xerr`` # errorbars. fig = plt.figure() x = np.arange(10) / 10 y = (x + 0.1)**2 plt.errorbar(x, y, xerr=0.1, xlolims=True, label='xlolims=True') y = (x + 0.1)**3 plt.errorbar(x + 0.6, y, xerr=0.1, xuplims=upperlimits, xlolims=lowerlimits, label='subsets of xuplims and xlolims') y = (x + 0.1)**4 plt.errorbar(x + 1.2, y, xerr=0.1, xuplims=True, label='xuplims=True') plt.legend() plt.show() ############################################################################## # # ------------ # # References # """""""""" # # The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown # in this example: import matplotlib matplotlib.axes.Axes.errorbar matplotlib.pyplot.errorbar