.. _sphx_glr_gallery_userdemo_simple_axisline.py:


===============
Simple Axisline
===============





.. image:: /gallery/userdemo/images/sphx_glr_simple_axisline_001.png
    :align: center





.. code-block:: python

    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

    from mpl_toolkits.axisartist.axislines import SubplotZero

    if 1:

        fig = plt.figure(1)
        fig.subplots_adjust(right=0.85)
        ax = SubplotZero(fig, 1, 1, 1)
        fig.add_subplot(ax)

        # make right and top axis invisible
        ax.axis["right"].set_visible(False)
        ax.axis["top"].set_visible(False)

        # make xzero axis (horizontal axis line through y=0) visible.
        ax.axis["xzero"].set_visible(True)
        ax.axis["xzero"].label.set_text("Axis Zero")

        ax.set_ylim(-2, 4)
        ax.set_xlabel("Label X")
        ax.set_ylabel("Label Y")
        # or
        #ax.axis["bottom"].label.set_text("Label X")
        #ax.axis["left"].label.set_text("Label Y")

        # make new (right-side) yaxis, but wth some offset
        offset = (20, 0)
        new_axisline = ax.get_grid_helper().new_fixed_axis

        ax.axis["right2"] = new_axisline(loc="right",
                                         offset=offset,
                                         axes=ax)
        ax.axis["right2"].label.set_text("Label Y2")

        ax.plot([-2, 3, 2])
        plt.show()

**Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes  0.021 seconds)



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 .. container:: sphx-glr-footer


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     :download:`Download Python source code: simple_axisline.py <simple_axisline.py>`



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     :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: simple_axisline.ipynb <simple_axisline.ipynb>`


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