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For questions about the matplotlib twinx method, which creates a new Axes with an invisible x-axis and an independent y-axis positioned opposite to the original one (i.e. at right).

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Align twinx tick marks

Is it possible to make a plot with two independent y-axes such that the tick marks align? Below is an example of half of the solution. I've doubled the y-axis using twinx, but the tick marks aren't aligned and the gridlines form an awkward pattern…
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trouble aligning ticks for twinx axes

I created a matplotlib plot that has 2 y-axes. The y-axes have different scales, but I want the ticks and grid to be aligned. I am pulling the data from excel files, so there is no way to know the max limits beforehand. # creates double-y axis ax2 =…
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Data being plotted over legend when using twinx

I'm trying to use Python and Matplotlib to plot a number of different data sets. I'm using twinx to have one data set plotted on the primary axis and another on the secondary axis. I would like to have two separate legends for these data sets. In…
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Aligning two y-axis around zero

I have a plot with two y-axis on a shared x-axis, and I want to make them align at y=0 so that I can draw a horizontal line to highlight the zero tick. currently the two axis are not aligned and I have to draw two line which is terrible. How can I…
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set_markersize not working for right side axis

I'm messing around with some plot styles and ran into a curiosity. I have a plot with twinx() to produce ticks on the right-hand side as well as the left. I want to stagger some ticks, some going farther out that others. I can add padding to any…
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Rotate x axis labels of subplots with twinx

I'm trying to rotate the x axis labels on the subplots created in this question. Unfortunately, my modification to the example code here seems to have no effect on the x axis labels: import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1…
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Dual x-axis in python: same data, different scale

I'd like to plot some data in Python using two different x-axes. For ease of explanation, I will say that I want to plot light absorption data, which means I plot absorbance vs. wavelength (nm) or energy (eV). I want to have a plot where the bottom…
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Color multiple twinx() axes

I'm currently using matplotlib within Sage to plot some data. I have made it possible to add multiple y axes using this example: from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1 import host_subplot import mpl_toolkits.axisartist as AA import matplotlib.pyplot as…
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How can I plot a secondary y-axis with seaborn's barplot?

I'm trying to plot the data (see below). With company_name on the x-axis, status_mission_2_y on the y axis and percentage on the other y_axis. I have tried using the twinx() fucntion but I can't get it to work. Please can you help? Thanks in…
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matplotlib twinx strange behavior after set_position()

I'm working on a function that would make it easy for me to add parasite axes wherever I want on a plot, but I have encountered a weird situation. Take a look at the following code: import matplotlib.pyplot as…
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Axis, ticks and label not aligned for third xaxis using twiny()

I want to have three horizontal axis and for each axis the ticks and labels should be right next to their respective axis. My attempt: import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np T = range(30,60) Q1 = range(100,400,10) fig =…
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Define aspect ratio when using twinx in new version of matplotlib

Current version of matplotlib do not allow box-forced anymore, how should I do the same thing as the answer? I am using matplotlib 3.1.0. After I ploted another set of data on the same plot with twinx() function, I want to change the aspect ratio of…
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Add a matplotlib legend that covers the lines of the twinx axis

I have this python code. it twinx the axis ax and plots some function on both axis I plot the legend on ax1 The problem is that the legend is not covering the curves of ax2 It is possible to automatically positioning the legend on ax by covering…
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How do you controle zorder across twinx in matplotlib?

I'm trying to control the zorder of different plots across twinx axes. How can I get the blue noisy plots to appear in the background and the orange smoothed plots to appear in the foreground in this plot? from matplotlib import pyplot as plt import…
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twinx non-linear mapping between shared y axes on a plot in matplotlib

I have some 3d data that I am plotting with pcolormesh. On the x-axis is time, on the y-axis is height. The height has a potential (E) associated with it, but the mapping from height (y) to potential (E) is non-linear. I want to add an axis on the…
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