Matplotlib/pyplot: How to enforce axis range?

Question

I would like to draw a standard 2D line graph with pylot, but force the axes\' values to be between 0 and 600 on the x, and 10k and 20k on the y. Let me go with an example.

Answer 1

To answer my own question, the trick is to turn auto scaling off...

p.axis([0.0,600.0, 10000.0,20000.0])
ax = p.gca()
ax.set_autoscale_on(False)