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[Matplotlib-users] title when using subplot

[Tommy G. <tg...@ma...>]

I have a plot that is divided into four subplots.

pylab.figure()
pylab.subplot(221)
pylab.plot(a,b,"k-")
pylab.subplot(222)
pylab.plot(a,b,"k-")
pylab.subplot(223)
pylab.plot(a,b,"k-")
pylab.subplot(224)
pylab.plot(a,b,"k-")

I would like to add a title to the entire plot, but pylab.title() only
applies to the most recent subplot. I have tried

pylab.figure()
pylab.subplot(111)
pylab.title("Title Here")
pylab.subplot(221)
pylab.plot(a,b,"k-")
pylab.subplot(222)
pylab.plot(a,b,"k-")
pylab.subplot(223)
pylab.plot(a,b,"k-")
pylab.subplot(224)
pylab.plot(a,b,"k-")

but this does not work as I do not create a plot for
the subplot(111) instance. Is there some way of getting
the type of title I want easily?

Cheers
   Tommy

Re: [Matplotlib-users] title when using subplot

[Bernhard V. <Ber...@de...>]

Hi,

I was using something like this:

f = pylab.figure()
f.text(.4, .95, 'My Title')  # coordinates are window coordinates from 0 to 1
pylab.subplot(421)
...

This could be made more robust by checking the extend and location of
the subplots and length of the title...

Cheers! Bernhard

On 1/24/08, Tommy Grav <tg...@ma...> wrote:
> I have a plot that is divided into four subplots.
>
> pylab.figure()
> pylab.subplot(221)
> pylab.plot(a,b,"k-")
> pylab.subplot(222)
> pylab.plot(a,b,"k-")
> pylab.subplot(223)
> pylab.plot(a,b,"k-")
> pylab.subplot(224)
> pylab.plot(a,b,"k-")
>
> I would like to add a title to the entire plot, but pylab.title() only
> applies to the most recent subplot. I have tried
>
> pylab.figure()
> pylab.subplot(111)
> pylab.title("Title Here")
> pylab.subplot(221)
> pylab.plot(a,b,"k-")
> pylab.subplot(222)
> pylab.plot(a,b,"k-")
> pylab.subplot(223)
> pylab.plot(a,b,"k-")
> pylab.subplot(224)
> pylab.plot(a,b,"k-")
>
> but this does not work as I do not create a plot for
> the subplot(111) instance. Is there some way of getting
> the type of title I want easily?
>
> Cheers
>    Tommy
>
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Re: [Matplotlib-users] title when using subplot

[John H. <jd...@gm...>]

On Jan 30, 2008 4:41 AM, Bernhard Voigt <Ber...@de...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was using something like this:
>
> f = pylab.figure()
> f.text(.4, .95, 'My Title')  # coordinates are window coordinates from 0 to 1
> pylab.subplot(421)


if you do

   >>> f.text(.5, .95, 'My Title', horizontalalignment='center')

you will get centering for free and won't have to do the .4 hack

JDH

Re: [Matplotlib-users] title when using subplot

[ntroutman <loc...@ya...>]

The easiest solution is the "title" keyword for subplot:

pylab.subplot(221, title='A Title for 221')

I'm using matplotlib/pylab 0.98.3

-- NTroutman


Tommy Grav wrote:
> 
> I have a plot that is divided into four subplots.
> 
> pylab.figure()
> pylab.subplot(221)
> pylab.plot(a,b,"k-")
> pylab.subplot(222)
> pylab.plot(a,b,"k-")
> pylab.subplot(223)
> pylab.plot(a,b,"k-")
> pylab.subplot(224)
> pylab.plot(a,b,"k-")
> 
> I would like to add a title to the entire plot, but pylab.title() only
> applies to the most recent subplot. I have tried
> 
> pylab.figure()
> pylab.subplot(111)
> pylab.title("Title Here")
> pylab.subplot(221)
> pylab.plot(a,b,"k-")
> pylab.subplot(222)
> pylab.plot(a,b,"k-")
> pylab.subplot(223)
> pylab.plot(a,b,"k-")
> pylab.subplot(224)
> pylab.plot(a,b,"k-")
> 
> but this does not work as I do not create a plot for
> the subplot(111) instance. Is there some way of getting
> the type of title I want easily?
> 
> Cheers
>    Tommy
> 
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Re: [Matplotlib-users] title when using subplot

[jcm52 <joe...@gm...>]

Perhaps this is a new feature since you sent this request, but I just came
across 

pylab.suptitle('my super title')

Seems to work fairly well, but the font sizes don't appear to behave as well
as I'd like.


Tommy Grav wrote:
> 
> I have a plot that is divided into four subplots.
> 
> pylab.figure()
> pylab.subplot(221)
> pylab.plot(a,b,"k-")
> pylab.subplot(222)
> pylab.plot(a,b,"k-")
> pylab.subplot(223)
> pylab.plot(a,b,"k-")
> pylab.subplot(224)
> pylab.plot(a,b,"k-")
> 
> I would like to add a title to the entire plot, but pylab.title() only
> applies to the most recent subplot. I have tried
> 
> pylab.figure()
> pylab.subplot(111)
> pylab.title("Title Here")
> pylab.subplot(221)
> pylab.plot(a,b,"k-")
> pylab.subplot(222)
> pylab.plot(a,b,"k-")
> pylab.subplot(223)
> pylab.plot(a,b,"k-")
> pylab.subplot(224)
> pylab.plot(a,b,"k-")
> 
> but this does not work as I do not create a plot for
> the subplot(111) instance. Is there some way of getting
> the type of title I want easily?
> 
> Cheers
>    Tommy
> 
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Re: [Matplotlib-users] title when using subplot

[John H. <jd...@gm...>]

On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 10:35 AM, jcm52<joe...@gm...> wrote:
>
> Perhaps this is a new feature since you sent this request, but I just came
> across
>
> pylab.suptitle('my super title')
>
> Seems to work fairly well, but the font sizes don't appear to behave as well
> as I'd like.

Just pass in the fontsize kwarg:

  pylab.suptitle('my super title', fontsize=14)

JDH