inner() got multiple values for argument 'ax'

Question

In a Jupyter notebook with Python I am plotting a hexbin jointplot from two columns of a dataframe. The plot is correctly plotted but I cant manage to resize the picture.

Here is the code:

fig, ax = plt.subplots()
fig.set_size_inches(11.7, 8.27)
sns.jointplot(x=train['max1'], y=train['intangle'], kind="hex", color="#4CB391",ax=ax)
plt.show()

gut I get inner() got multiple values for argument 'ax'

Full traceback, please – OneCricketeer Oct 31 '17 at 06:55 — OneCricketeer, Oct 31 '17 at 06:55
...and a [mcve] of the issue. Otherwise this is off-topic. – ImportanceOfBeingErnest Oct 31 '17 at 12:00 — ImportanceOfBeingErnest, Oct 31 '17 at 12:00

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 31 '17 at 20:22

The issue is that jointplot creates its own figure and axes. It therefore does not have an ax argument available. Also the size of the figure is always squared. To change the size, use the size argument.

sns.jointplot(..., size=10)
plt.show()

Or, change the figure size afterwards,

g = sns.jointplot(...)
g.fig.set_size_inches(11,6)
plt.show()

inner() got multiple values for argument 'ax'

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