subplot.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

# Copyright (C) 2018  David Arroyo Menéndez

# Author: David Arroyo Menéndez <davidam@gnu.org>
# Maintainer: David Arroyo Menéndez <davidam@gnu.org>

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import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
# plot a line, implicitly creating a subplot(111)
plt.plot([1,2,3])
# now create a subplot which represents the top plot of a grid
# with 2 rows and 1 column. Since this subplot will overlap the
# first, the plot (and its axes) previously created, will be removed
plt.subplot(211)
plt.plot(range(12))
plt.subplot(212, facecolor='y') # creates 2nd subplot with yellow background
plt.show()