Matplotlib.figure.Figure.sca() in Python
Last Updated :
03 May, 2020
Improve
Matplotlib is a library in Python and it is numerical – mathematical extension for NumPy library. The figure module provides the top-level Artist, the Figure, which contains all the plot elements. This module is used to control the default spacing of the subplots and top level container for all plot elements.
The sca() method figure module of matplotlib library is used to set the current axes to be a.
Python3 1==
Output:
Example 2:
Python3 1==
Output:
matplotlib.figure.Figure.sca() method
Syntax: sca(self, a) Parameters: This method accept the following parameters that are discussed below:Below examples illustrate the matplotlib.figure.Figure.sca() function in matplotlib.figure: Example 1:Returns: This method returns the axes.
- a:This parameter is the current axes.
# Implementation of matplotlib function
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from scipy import sin, cos
fig, ax = plt.subplots(2, 1)
x = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
y1 = sin(x)
y2 = cos(x)
fig.sca(ax[0])
plt.plot(x, y1)
fig.sca(ax[1])
plt.plot(x, y2)
fig.suptitle("""matplotlib.figure.Figure.sca()
function Example\n\n""", fontweight ="bold")
plt.show()

# Implementation of matplotlib function
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
fig, axes = plt.subplots(2, 2)
axes = axes.flatten()
for i in range(4):
fig.sca(axes[i])
axes[i].text(0.5, 0.5, i + 1)
fig.suptitle("""matplotlib.figure.Figure.sca()
function Example\n\n""", fontweight ="bold")
plt.show()
