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# matplotlib.pyplot.hlines

`matplotlib.pyplot.``hlines`(y, xmin, xmax, colors=’k’, linestyles=’solid’, label=”, hold=None, data=None, **kwargs)

  Plot horizontal lines at each `y` from `xmin` to `xmax`.

  Parameters: | y : scalar or sequence of scalar y-indexes where to plot the lines. xmin, xmax : scalar or 1D array_like Respective beginning and end of each line. If scalars are provided, all lines will have same length. colors : array_like of colors, optional, default: ‘k’ linestyles : [‘solid’ | ‘dashed’ | ‘dashdot’ | ‘dotted’], optional label : string, optional, default: ”
  Returns: | lines : `LineCollection`
  Other Parameters:
  | **kwargs : `LineCollection` properties.

  See also

  `vlines`
    vertical lines
  `axhline`
    horizontal line across the axes
  ``
    In addition to the above described arguments, this function can take a data keyword argument. If such a data argument is given, the following arguments are replaced by data[<arg>]: * All arguments with the following names: ‘colors’, ‘xmax’, ‘xmin’, ‘y’.