.. DO NOT EDIT. .. THIS FILE WAS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED BY SPHINX-GALLERY. .. TO MAKE CHANGES, EDIT THE SOURCE PYTHON FILE: .. "gallery/units/units_sample.py" .. LINE NUMBERS ARE GIVEN BELOW. .. only:: html .. meta:: :keywords: codex .. note:: :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note Click :ref:`here ` to download the full example code .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title .. _sphx_glr_gallery_units_units_sample.py: ====================== Inches and Centimeters ====================== The example illustrates the ability to override default x and y units (ax1) to inches and centimeters using the *xunits* and *yunits* parameters for the `~.axes.Axes.plot` function. Note that conversions are applied to get numbers to correct units. .. only:: builder_html This example requires :download:`basic_units.py ` .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 16-35 .. image-sg:: /gallery/units/images/sphx_glr_units_sample_001.png :alt: units sample :srcset: /gallery/units/images/sphx_glr_units_sample_001.png, /gallery/units/images/sphx_glr_units_sample_001_2_0x.png 2.0x :class: sphx-glr-single-img .. code-block:: default from basic_units import cm, inch import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np cms = cm * np.arange(0, 10, 2) fig, axs = plt.subplots(2, 2, constrained_layout=True) axs[0, 0].plot(cms, cms) axs[0, 1].plot(cms, cms, xunits=cm, yunits=inch) axs[1, 0].plot(cms, cms, xunits=inch, yunits=cm) axs[1, 0].set_xlim(-1, 4) # scalars are interpreted in current units axs[1, 1].plot(cms, cms, xunits=inch, yunits=inch) axs[1, 1].set_xlim(3*cm, 6*cm) # cm are converted to inches plt.show() .. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_units_units_sample.py: .. only:: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer sphx-glr-footer-example .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python :download:`Download Python source code: units_sample.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: units_sample.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_