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matplotlib.pyplot.twinx

matplotlib.pyplot.twinx(ax=None)[source]

Make a second axes that shares the x-axis. The new axes will overlay ax (or the current axes if ax is None). The ticks for ax2 will be placed on the right, and the ax2 instance is returned.