matplotlib.axes.Axes.margins

Axes.margins(*margins, x=None, y=None, tight=True)

Set or retrieve margins around the data for autoscaling axis limits.

This allows to configure the padding around the data without having to set explicit limits using set_xlim / set_ylim.

Autoscaling determines the axis limits by adding margin times the data interval as padding around the data. See the following illustration:

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