[Matplotlib-users] Subplots from existing figures

[Robin <ro...@gm...>]

Hello,

I have some functions that produce various figures. This is usually
done by calling figure(), then the plot function (eg bar). I save the
figure object and pass it out.

I would like to be able to collect several figure objects from such
functions and collect them as subplots in a single figure for easy
printing, comparison. I don't want to change the functions that create
them though, because I will also want to view them individually in the
future.

So given a load of figure objects, how can I make a new figure with
each subplot one of the existing figures? (I hope this is clear). Does
it matter if the original figure object has been closed? I'm having a
look through the help to see if I could find it but it's taking a bit
of time and I thought it's probably quite easy if your more familiar
with the object structure of matplotlib.

Thanks

Robin