Define the limits of my axes, but with an equal scale in both directions with matplotlib

Question

How do I combine those statements:

pyplot.axis([1234.0, 1773.0, 497.0, 1362.0])
pyplot.axis(\'equal\')

I just want to define the limits of

Answer 1

If you want to define a parameter, but call the parameter list out of order and/or omit some parameters, you need to specify which parameter you are trying to set.

In this case, you want to set aspect so just assign 'equal' to that.

pyplot.axis([1234.0, 1773.0, 497.0, 1362.0], aspect = 'equal')