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# matplotlib.axes.Axes.twinx

`Axes.``twinx`()

  Create a twin Axes sharing the xaxis

  Create a new Axes instance with an invisible x-axis and an independent y-axis positioned opposite to the original one (i.e. at right). The x-axis autoscale setting will be inherited from the original Axes. To ensure that the tick marks of both y-axes align, see `LinearLocator`

  Returns: | ax_twin : Axes The newly created Axes instance

  Notes

  For those who are ‘picking’ artists while using twinx, pick events are only called for the artists in the top-most axes.