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.. _sphx_glr_gallery_spines_spines.py:


======
Spines
======

This demo compares:

- normal Axes, with spines on all four sides;
- an Axes with spines only on the left and bottom;
- an Axes using custom bounds to limit the extent of the spine.

Each `.axes.Axes` has a list of `.Spine` objects, accessible
via the container ``ax.spines``.

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.. code-block:: Python

    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import numpy as np

    x = np.linspace(0, 2 * np.pi, 100)
    y = 2 * np.sin(x)

    # Constrained layout makes sure the labels don't overlap the axes.
    fig, (ax0, ax1, ax2) = plt.subplots(nrows=3, layout='constrained')

    ax0.plot(x, y)
    ax0.set_title('normal spines')

    ax1.plot(x, y)
    ax1.set_title('bottom-left spines')

    # Hide the right and top spines
    ax1.spines.right.set_visible(False)
    ax1.spines.top.set_visible(False)

    ax2.plot(x, y)
    ax2.set_title('spines with bounds limited to data range')

    # Only draw spines for the data range, not in the margins
    ax2.spines.bottom.set_bounds(x.min(), x.max())
    ax2.spines.left.set_bounds(y.min(), y.max())
    # Hide the right and top spines
    ax2.spines.right.set_visible(False)
    ax2.spines.top.set_visible(False)

    plt.show()




.. image-sg:: /gallery/spines/images/sphx_glr_spines_001.png
   :alt: normal spines, bottom-left spines, spines with bounds limited to data range
   :srcset: /gallery/spines/images/sphx_glr_spines_001.png, /gallery/spines/images/sphx_glr_spines_001_2_00x.png 2.00x
   :class: sphx-glr-single-img





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.. admonition:: References

   The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown
   in this example:

   - `matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_visible`
   - `matplotlib.spines.Spine.set_bounds`


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