Interpretation of method plt.fill_between()? Discussion

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A question for discussion:

The matplotlib documentation says that the method plt.fill_between is used to "fill the area between two horizontal curves".

What exactly is meant by "horizontal"? Intuitively, I would say "two parallel curves". Like in this example

The curves are not horizontal, but parallel.

The link you provided is to a ipython notebook in your filesystem, not a link to web hosted code — William Miller, Jan 20 '20 at 02:02
Sorry, I wanted to post this link: https://github.com/jakevdp/PythonDataScienceHandbook/blob/master/notebooks/05.07-Support-Vector-Machines.ipynb — aurumpurum, Jan 20 '20 at 08:30

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 19 '20 at 17:07

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"Two horizontal curves" is a set of data where you have two arrays y1 and y2 defined on a single support x.
Equally, "two vertical curves" would be a set of data where you have a single y support for two x arrays.

answered Jan 19 '20 at 17:07

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Thank you @ImportanceOfBeingErnest: That makes it clear, what "horizontal curves" means in terms of matplotlib! – aurumpurum Jan 20 '20 at 08:32

Interpretation of method plt.fill_between()? Discussion

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