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# Demo Parasite Axes

    from mpl_toolkits.axisartist.parasite_axes import HostAxes, ParasiteAxes
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

    if __name__ == "__main__":
        fig = plt.figure(1)

        host = HostAxes(fig, [0.15, 0.1, 0.65, 0.8])
        par1 = ParasiteAxes(host, sharex=host)
        par2 = ParasiteAxes(host, sharex=host)
        host.parasites.append(par1)
        host.parasites.append(par2)

        host.set_ylabel("Density")
        host.set_xlabel("Distance")

        host.axis["right"].set_visible(False)
        par1.axis["right"].set_visible(True)
        par1.set_ylabel("Temperature")

        par1.axis["right"].major_ticklabels.set_visible(True)
        par1.axis["right"].label.set_visible(True)

        par2.set_ylabel("Velocity")
        offset = (60, 0)
        new_axisline = par2._grid_helper.new_fixed_axis
        par2.axis["right2"] = new_axisline(loc="right",
                                           axes=par2,
                                           offset=offset)

        fig.add_axes(host)

        host.set_xlim(0, 2)
        host.set_ylim(0, 2)

        host.set_xlabel("Distance")
        host.set_ylabel("Density")
        par1.set_ylabel("Temperature")

        p1, = host.plot([0, 1, 2], [0, 1, 2], label="Density")
        p2, = par1.plot([0, 1, 2], [0, 3, 2], label="Temperature")
        p3, = par2.plot([0, 1, 2], [50, 30, 15], label="Velocity")

        par1.set_ylim(0, 4)
        par2.set_ylim(1, 65)

        host.legend()

        host.axis["left"].label.set_color(p1.get_color())
        par1.axis["right"].label.set_color(p2.get_color())
        par2.axis["right2"].label.set_color(p3.get_color())

        plt.show()

Total running time of the script: ( 0 minutes 0.000 seconds)

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