.. _pylab_examples-axes_demo: pylab_examples example code: axes_demo.py ========================================= .. plot:: /home/tcaswell/other_source/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/pylab_examples/axes_demo.py :: #!/usr/bin/env python from pylab import * # create some data to use for the plot dt = 0.001 t = arange(0.0, 10.0, dt) r = exp(-t[:1000]/0.05) # impulse response x = randn(len(t)) s = convolve(x,r)[:len(x)]*dt # colored noise # the main axes is subplot(111) by default plot(t, s) axis([0, 1, 1.1*amin(s), 2*amax(s) ]) xlabel('time (s)') ylabel('current (nA)') title('Gaussian colored noise') # this is an inset axes over the main axes a = axes([.65, .6, .2, .2], axisbg='y') n, bins, patches = hist(s, 400, normed=1) title('Probability') setp(a, xticks=[], yticks=[]) # this is another inset axes over the main axes a = axes([0.2, 0.6, .2, .2], axisbg='y') plot(t[:len(r)], r) title('Impulse response') setp(a, xlim=(0,.2), xticks=[], yticks=[]) show() Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)