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Axes.twinx()

Create a twin Axes sharing the xaxis

create a twin of Axes for generating a plot with a sharex x-axis but independent y axis. The y-axis of self will have ticks on left and the returned axes will have ticks on the right. To ensure tick marks of both axis align, see LinearLocator

Note

For those who are ‘picking’ artists while using twinx, pick events are only called for the artists in the top-most axes.