Changing what the ends of whiskers represent in matplotlib's boxplot function

Question

I understand that the ends of whiskers in matplotlib\'s box plot function extend to max value below 75% + 1.5 IQR and minimum value above 25% - 1.5 IQR. I would like to change

Answer 1

Set the boxplot option whisk=0 to hide the inbuilt whiskers. Then create the custom whiskers that show data from 5% to 95%.

#create markings that represent the ends of whiskers
low=data.quantile(0.05) 
high=data.quantile(0.95)
plt.scatter(range(1,len(low)+1),low,marker='_')
plt.scatter(range(1,len(low)+1),high,marker='_')
#connects low and high markers with a line
plt.vlines(range(1,len(low)+1),low,high)

That should create vertical lines with whisker markings behind the boxes at 5% at 95%.