"""

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Align Ylabels

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"""

import numpy as np

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

box = dict(facecolor='yellow', pad=5, alpha=0.2)

fig, ((ax1, ax2), (ax3, ax4)) = plt.subplots(2, 2)

fig.subplots_adjust(left=0.2, wspace=0.6)

# Fixing random state for reproducibility

np.random.seed(19680801)

ax1.plot(2000*np.random.rand(10))

ax1.set_title('ylabels not aligned')

ax1.set_ylabel('misaligned 1', bbox=box)

ax1.set_ylim(0, 2000)

ax3.set_ylabel('misaligned 2',bbox=box)

ax3.plot(np.random.rand(10))

labelx = -0.3 # axes coords

ax2.set_title('ylabels aligned')

ax2.plot(2000*np.random.rand(10))

ax2.set_ylabel('aligned 1', bbox=box)

ax2.yaxis.set_label_coords(labelx, 0.5)

ax2.set_ylim(0, 2000)

ax4.plot(np.random.rand(10))

ax4.set_ylabel('aligned 2', bbox=box)

ax4.yaxis.set_label_coords(labelx, 0.5)

plt.show()