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#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
You can specify whether images should be plotted with the array origin
x[0,0] in the upper left or upper right by using the origin parameter.
You can also control the default be setting image.origin in your
matplotlibrc file; see http://matplotlib.org/matplotlibrc
"""
from pylab import *
x = arange(100.0)
x.shape = (10, 10)
interp = 'bilinear'
#interp = 'nearest'
lim = -2, 11, -2, 6
subplot(211, axisbg='g')
title('blue should be up')
imshow(x, origin='upper', interpolation=interp)
#axis(lim)
subplot(212, axisbg='y')
title('blue should be down')
imshow(x, origin='lower', interpolation=interp)
#axis(lim)
show()
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