2.2. Figure Subplots

  • plt.subplot()

  • plt.subplots()

2.2.1. Subplot

  • nrows

  • ncols

  • index

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np


x = np.linspace(0, 10, 1000)
y = np.sin(x)


plt.figure(figsize=(12, 6))

plt.subplot(221)
plt.plot(x, y, label='a')
plt.legend()

plt.subplot(222)
plt.plot(x, y, label='b')
plt.legend()

plt.subplot(223)
plt.plot(x, y, label='c')
plt.legend()

plt.subplot(224)
plt.plot(x, y, label='d')
plt.legend()

plt.show()  # doctest: +SKIP

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np


x = np.linspace(0, 10, 1000)
y = np.sin(x)


plt.subplot(2, 2, 1)
plt.plot(x, y, label='a')
plt.legend()

plt.subplot(2, 2, 2)
plt.plot(x, y, label='b')
plt.legend()

plt.subplot(2, 2, 3)
plt.plot(x, y, label='c')
plt.legend()

plt.subplot(2, 2, 4)
plt.plot(x, y, label='d')
plt.legend()

plt.show()  # doctest: +SKIP

2.2.2. Subplots

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np


x = np.linspace(0, 10, 1000)
y = np.sin(x)

fig, ax = plt.subplots(nrows=2, ncols=2, figsize=(12, 6))

ax[0,0].plot(x, y, label='a')
ax[0,1].plot(x, y, label='b')
ax[1,0].plot(x, y, label='c')
ax[1,1].plot(x, y, label='d')

plt.show()  # doctest: +SKIP

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np


x = np.linspace(0, 10, 1000)
y = np.sin(x)

fig, ax = plt.subplots(nrows=2, ncols=2, figsize=(12, 6))

ax[0,0].plot(x, y, label='a')
ax[0,0].legend()

ax[0,1].plot(x, y, label='b')
ax[0,1].legend()

ax[1,0].plot(x, y, label='c')
ax[1,0].legend()

ax[1,1].plot(x, y, label='d')
ax[1,1].legend()


plt.show()  # doctest: +SKIP

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np


x = np.linspace(0, 10, 1000)
y = np.sin(x)

fig, ax = plt.subplots(nrows=2, ncols=2, figsize=(12, 6))

ax[0,0].plot(x, y, label='a')
ax[0,1].plot(x, y, label='b')
ax[1,0].plot(x, y, label='c')
ax[1,1].plot(x, y, label='d')

for chart in ax.ravel():
    chart.legend()


plt.show()  # doctest: +SKIP

2.2.3. Adjustments

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np


x = np.linspace(0, 10, 1000)
y = np.sin(x)

fig, ax = plt.subplots(nrows=2, ncols=2, figsize=(12, 6))

ax[0,0].plot(x, y, label='a')
ax[0,1].plot(x, y, label='b')
ax[1,0].plot(x, y, label='c')
ax[1,1].plot(x, y, label='d')

plt.subplots_adjust(
    left = 0.125,  # the left side of the subplots of the figure
    right = 0.9,   # the right side of the subplots of the figure
    bottom = 0.1,  # the bottom of the subplots of the figure
    top = 0.9,     # the top of the subplots of the figure
    wspace = 0.5,  # the amount of width reserved for space between subplots,
                   # expressed as a fraction of the average axis width
    hspace = 0.5,  # the amount of height reserved for space between subplots,
                   # expressed as a fraction of the average axis height
)

plt.show()  # doctest: +SKIP