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        "\n.. redirect-from:: /gallery/userdemo/demo_gridspec06\n\n# Nested Gridspecs\n\nGridSpecs can be nested, so that a subplot from a parent GridSpec can\nset the position for a nested grid of subplots.\n\nNote that the same functionality can be achieved more directly with\n`~.Figure.subfigures`; see\n:doc:`/gallery/subplots_axes_and_figures/subfigures`.\n"
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        "import matplotlib.pyplot as plt\n\nimport matplotlib.gridspec as gridspec\n\n\ndef format_axes(fig):\n    for i, ax in enumerate(fig.axes):\n        ax.text(0.5, 0.5, \"ax%d\" % (i+1), va=\"center\", ha=\"center\")\n        ax.tick_params(labelbottom=False, labelleft=False)\n\n\n# gridspec inside gridspec\nfig = plt.figure()\n\ngs0 = gridspec.GridSpec(1, 2, figure=fig)\n\ngs00 = gridspec.GridSpecFromSubplotSpec(3, 3, subplot_spec=gs0[0])\n\nax1 = fig.add_subplot(gs00[:-1, :])\nax2 = fig.add_subplot(gs00[-1, :-1])\nax3 = fig.add_subplot(gs00[-1, -1])\n\n# the following syntax does the same as the GridSpecFromSubplotSpec call above:\ngs01 = gs0[1].subgridspec(3, 3)\n\nax4 = fig.add_subplot(gs01[:, :-1])\nax5 = fig.add_subplot(gs01[:-1, -1])\nax6 = fig.add_subplot(gs01[-1, -1])\n\nplt.suptitle(\"GridSpec Inside GridSpec\")\nformat_axes(fig)\n\nplt.show()"
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        ".. tags::\n\n   component: subplot\n   level: intermediate\n\n"
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