>>> set_xlim(right=right_lim) Limits may be passed in reverse order to flip the direction of the x-axis. For example, suppose *x* represents the number of years before present. The x-axis limits might be set like the following so 5000 years ago is on the left of the plot and the present is on the right. >>> set_xlim(5000, 0) Nz"Cannot pass both 'left' and 'xmin'z#Cannot pass both 'right' and 'xmax'rê