Re: [Matplotlib-users] Subplots from existing figures

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

On Feb 18, 2008 1:43 AM, Robin <ro...@gm...> wrote:

> If I move the axes over as you describe, will this also bring the
> plotted data, titles etc.? I will try and play around with this later
> today. Would I first have to delete the existing axes created when I
> create the subplot? Wouldn't that make a problem, since isn't it these

You will need to remove the axes from the original figure:

  oldfig.delaxes(ax)


and then add it to the new figure

  ax.set_figure(newfig)
  newfig.add_axes(ax)

If you are adding several, you may want to play with the axes position
or geometry (for subplots) ax.set_position and ax.change_geometry

And yes, the data, titles, labels, grids, ticks, etc will be brought
over.  As Eric points out, this is an under-exercised part of the code
so something may break, though last time I tried it it worked.

JDH