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Subplots spacings and margins#
Adjusting the spacing of margins and subplots using pyplot.subplots_adjust
.
Note
There is also a tool window to adjust the margins and spacings of displayed
figures interactively. It can be opened via the toolbar or by calling
pyplot.subplot_tool
.
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
# Fixing random state for reproducibility
np.random.seed(19680801)
plt.subplot(211)
plt.imshow(np.random.random((100, 100)))
plt.subplot(212)
plt.imshow(np.random.random((100, 100)))
plt.subplots_adjust(bottom=0.1, right=0.8, top=0.9)
cax = plt.axes((0.85, 0.1, 0.075, 0.8))
plt.colorbar(cax=cax)
plt.show()