.. _ticks_and_spines-spines_demo: ticks_and_spines example code: spines_demo.py ============================================= .. plot:: /home/mdboom/Work/builds/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/ticks_and_spines/spines_demo.py :: """ Basic demo of axis spines. This demo compares a normal axes, with spines on all four sides, and an axes with spines only on the left and bottom. """ import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt x = np.linspace(0, 2 * np.pi, 100) y = 2 * np.sin(x) fig, (ax0, ax1) = plt.subplots(nrows=2) ax0.plot(x, y) ax0.set_title('normal spines') ax1.plot(x, y) ax1.set_title('bottom-left spines') # Hide the right and top spines ax1.spines['right'].set_visible(False) ax1.spines['top'].set_visible(False) # Only show ticks on the left and bottom spines ax1.yaxis.set_ticks_position('left') ax1.xaxis.set_ticks_position('bottom') # Tweak spacing between subplots to prevent labels from overlapping plt.subplots_adjust(hspace=0.5) plt.show() Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)