.. _ticks_and_spines-spines_demo:

ticks_and_spines example code: spines_demo.py
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.. plot:: /home/tcaswell/source/p/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/ticks_and_spines/spines_demo.py

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    """
    Basic demo of axis spines.
    
    This demo compares a normal axes, with spines on all four sides, and an axes
    with spines only on the left and bottom.
    """
    import numpy as np
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    
    
    x = np.linspace(0, 2 * np.pi, 100)
    y = 2 * np.sin(x)
    
    fig, (ax0, ax1) = plt.subplots(nrows=2)
    
    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)
    # Only show ticks on the left and bottom spines
    ax1.yaxis.set_ticks_position('left')
    ax1.xaxis.set_ticks_position('bottom')
    
    # Tweak spacing between subplots to prevent labels from overlapping
    plt.subplots_adjust(hspace=0.5)
    
    plt.show()
    

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