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

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

.. _sphx_glr_intro_matplotlib_auto_examples_plot_gridspec.py:


GridSpec
=========

An example demoing gridspec




.. image:: /intro/matplotlib/auto_examples/images/sphx_glr_plot_gridspec_001.png
    :class: sphx-glr-single-img





.. code-block:: python


    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import matplotlib.gridspec as gridspec

    plt.figure(figsize=(6, 4))
    G = gridspec.GridSpec(3, 3)

    axes_1 = plt.subplot(G[0, :])
    plt.xticks([])
    plt.yticks([])
    plt.text(0.5, 0.5, 'Axes 1', ha='center', va='center', size=24, alpha=.5)

    axes_2 = plt.subplot(G[1, :-1])
    plt.xticks([])
    plt.yticks([])
    plt.text(0.5, 0.5, 'Axes 2', ha='center', va='center', size=24, alpha=.5)

    axes_3 = plt.subplot(G[1:, -1])
    plt.xticks([])
    plt.yticks([])
    plt.text(0.5, 0.5, 'Axes 3', ha='center', va='center', size=24, alpha=.5)

    axes_4 = plt.subplot(G[-1, 0])
    plt.xticks([])
    plt.yticks([])
    plt.text(0.5, 0.5, 'Axes 4', ha='center', va='center', size=24, alpha=.5)

    axes_5 = plt.subplot(G[-1, -2])
    plt.xticks([])
    plt.yticks([])
    plt.text(0.5, 0.5, 'Axes 5', ha='center', va='center', size=24, alpha=.5)

    plt.tight_layout()
    plt.show()

**Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes  0.054 seconds)


.. _sphx_glr_download_intro_matplotlib_auto_examples_plot_gridspec.py:


.. only :: html

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



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

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



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

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


.. only:: html

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

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