.. note::
    :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

    Click :ref:`here <sphx_glr_download_intro_matplotlib_auto_examples_pretty_plots_plot_multiplot_ext.py>` to download the full example code
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_intro_matplotlib_auto_examples_pretty_plots_plot_multiplot_ext.py:


Multiple plots vignette
========================

Demo multiple plots and style the figure.




.. image:: /intro/matplotlib/auto_examples/pretty_plots/images/sphx_glr_plot_multiplot_ext_001.png
    :class: sphx-glr-single-img





.. code-block:: python


    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

    ax = plt.subplot(2, 1, 1)
    ax.set_xticklabels([])
    ax.set_yticklabels([])


    # Add a title and a box around it
    from matplotlib.patches import FancyBboxPatch
    ax = plt.gca()
    ax.add_patch(FancyBboxPatch((-0.05, .72),
                                width=.66, height=.34, clip_on=False,
                                boxstyle="square,pad=0", zorder=3,
                                facecolor='white', alpha=1.0,
                                transform=plt.gca().transAxes))

    plt.text(-0.05, 1.02, " Multiplot:     plt.subplot(...)\n",
          horizontalalignment='left',
          verticalalignment='top',
          size='xx-large',
          transform=ax.transAxes)
    plt.text(-0.05, 1.01, "\n\n    Plot several plots at once ",
          horizontalalignment='left',
          verticalalignment='top',
          size='large',
          transform=ax.transAxes)

    ax = plt.subplot(2, 2, 3)
    ax.set_xticklabels([])
    ax.set_yticklabels([])

    ax = plt.subplot(2, 2, 4)
    ax.set_xticklabels([])
    ax.set_yticklabels([])

    plt.show()

**Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes  0.055 seconds)


.. _sphx_glr_download_intro_matplotlib_auto_examples_pretty_plots_plot_multiplot_ext.py:


.. only :: html

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



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

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



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

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


.. only:: html

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

    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery <https://sphinx-gallery.readthedocs.io>`_