[Matplotlib-users] autoscale y axis in different [x1,x2] range

[Eric Firing]

On 2017/11/29 11:55 PM, jlx wrote:
> hey everyone, I meet a problem about autoscale.
> 
> I change the x axis range so that I can see the details of the curve, but y
> axis range is always the same, it does not change automatically to zoom in.
> 
> I tried autoscale on and set_autoscale_view, but do not work, could you help
> me about that?
> 
> the following are curves at whole x range and [x1,x2] range:
> 
> <http://matplotlib.1069221.n5.nabble.com/file/t5114/whole.png>
> <http://matplotlib.1069221.n5.nabble.com/file/t5114/10-20.png>
> 
> So how to make the black, red and blue curves fit the subplot window
> automatically?

You will need to write a function to calculate the appropriate y limits 
based on your input data and the x limits, and then connect it to the
'xlim_changed' event.  Something like this is illustrated here: 
http://matplotlib.org/gallery/event_handling/resample.html#sphx-glr-gallery-event-handling-resample-py

Eric