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        :ref:`Go to the end <sphx_glr_download_gallery_subplots_axes_and_figures_gridspec_and_subplots.py>`
        to download the full example code

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.. _sphx_glr_gallery_subplots_axes_and_figures_gridspec_and_subplots.py:


==================================================
Combining two subplots using subplots and GridSpec
==================================================

Sometimes we want to combine two subplots in an axes layout created with
`~.Figure.subplots`.  We can get the `~.gridspec.GridSpec` from the axes
and then remove the covered axes and fill the gap with a new bigger axes.
Here we create a layout with the bottom two axes in the last column combined.

To start with this layout (rather than removing the overlapping axes) use
`~.pyplot.subplot_mosaic`.

See also :ref:`arranging_axes`.

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   :alt: gridspec and subplots
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.. code-block:: Python


    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

    fig, axs = plt.subplots(ncols=3, nrows=3)
    gs = axs[1, 2].get_gridspec()
    # remove the underlying axes
    for ax in axs[1:, -1]:
        ax.remove()
    axbig = fig.add_subplot(gs[1:, -1])
    axbig.annotate('Big Axes \nGridSpec[1:, -1]', (0.1, 0.5),
                   xycoords='axes fraction', va='center')

    fig.tight_layout()

    plt.show()


.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_subplots_axes_and_figures_gridspec_and_subplots.py:

.. only:: html

  .. container:: sphx-glr-footer sphx-glr-footer-example

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter

      :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: gridspec_and_subplots.ipynb <gridspec_and_subplots.ipynb>`

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python

      :download:`Download Python source code: gridspec_and_subplots.py <gridspec_and_subplots.py>`


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 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

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