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# matplotlib.pyplot.vlines

`matplotlib.pyplot.``vlines`(x, ymin, ymax, colors=’k’, linestyles=’solid’, label=”, hold=None, data=None, **kwargs)

  Plot vertical lines.

  Plot vertical lines at each `x` from `ymin` to `ymax`.

  Parameters: | x : scalar or 1D array_like x-indexes where to plot the lines. ymin, ymax : 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

  `hlines`
    horizontal lines
  `axvline`
    vertical 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’, ‘x’, ‘ymax’, ‘ymin’.