

.. _sphx_glr_gallery_pyplots_fig_axes_labels_simple.py:


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Fig Axes Labels Simple
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.. image:: /gallery/pyplots/images/sphx_glr_fig_axes_labels_simple_001.png
    :align: center





.. code-block:: python

    import numpy as np
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

    fig = plt.figure()
    fig.subplots_adjust(top=0.8)
    ax1 = fig.add_subplot(211)
    ax1.set_ylabel('volts')
    ax1.set_title('a sine wave')

    t = np.arange(0.0, 1.0, 0.01)
    s = np.sin(2*np.pi*t)
    line, = ax1.plot(t, s, color='blue', lw=2)

    # Fixing random state for reproducibility
    np.random.seed(19680801)

    ax2 = fig.add_axes([0.15, 0.1, 0.7, 0.3])
    n, bins, patches = ax2.hist(np.random.randn(1000), 50,
        facecolor='yellow', edgecolor='yellow')
    ax2.set_xlabel('time (s)')

    plt.show()

**Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes  0.069 seconds)



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