python matplotlib: way to transpose axes

Question

Suppose I have a plotting function that takes an axes argument (or returns one). Is there some low-level method for transposing the whole plot so that the x-axis becomes the

Answer 1

An old post (circa 2005) to the mailing list from John Hunter. I suspect that this a rare enough of a desire and tricky enough to do that it has not been added sense then.

John Hunter's example for swapping axes on an existing plot was

line2d = plot(rand(10))[0]

def swap(xdata, ydata):
    line2d.set_xdata(ydata)
    line2d.set_ydata(xdata)
    draw()

swap(line2d.get_xdata(), line2d.get_ydata())

Answer 2

Not more than a wrap for tcaswell's answer.

def swap(*line_list):
    """
    Example
    -------
    line = plot(linspace(0, 2, 10), rand(10))
    swap(line)
    """
    for lines in line_list:
        try:
            iter(lines)
        except:
            lines = [lines]

        for line in lines:
            xdata, ydata = line.get_xdata(), line.get_ydata()
            line.set_xdata(ydata)
            line.set_ydata(xdata)
            line.axes.autoscale_view()

An example

line = plot(linspace(0, 2, 10), rand(10))
swap(line)