.. _axes_grid-simple_axes_divider1:

axes_grid example code: simple_axes_divider1.py
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.. plot:: /tmp/buildd/matplotlib-0.99.3/doc/mpl_examples/axes_grid/simple_axes_divider1.py

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    from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid import Size, Divider
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    
    
    fig1 = plt.figure(1, (6, 6))
    
    # fixed size in inch
    horiz = [Size.Fixed(1.), Size.Fixed(.5), Size.Fixed(1.5),
             Size.Fixed(.5)]
    vert = [Size.Fixed(1.5), Size.Fixed(.5), Size.Fixed(1.)]
    
    rect = (0.1, 0.1, 0.8, 0.8)
    # divide the axes rectangle into grid whose size is specified by horiz * vert
    divider = Divider(fig1, rect, horiz, vert, aspect=False)
    
    # the rect parameter will be ignore as we will set axes_locator
    ax1 = fig1.add_axes(rect, label="1")
    ax2 = fig1.add_axes(rect, label="2")
    ax3 = fig1.add_axes(rect, label="3")
    ax4 = fig1.add_axes(rect, label="4")
    
    ax1.set_axes_locator(divider.new_locator(nx=0, ny=0))
    ax2.set_axes_locator(divider.new_locator(nx=0, ny=2))
    ax3.set_axes_locator(divider.new_locator(nx=2, ny=2))
    ax4.set_axes_locator(divider.new_locator(nx=2, nx1=4, ny=0))
    
    
    
    plt.draw()
    plt.show()
    

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