.. note::
    :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

    Click :ref:`here <sphx_glr_download_auto_examples_plot_subplots.py>` to download the full example code
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_auto_examples_plot_subplots.py:


Handle subplots with brokenaxes
===============================

If you want to use subplots together with brokenaxes, you have to use GridSpec.




.. image:: /auto_examples/images/sphx_glr_plot_subplots_001.png
    :class: sphx-glr-single-img





.. code-block:: default



    from brokenaxes import brokenaxes
    from matplotlib.gridspec import GridSpec
    import numpy as np

    sps1, sps2 = GridSpec(2,1)

    bax = brokenaxes(xlims=((.1, .3),(.7, .8)), subplot_spec=sps1)
    x = np.linspace(0, 1, 100)
    bax.plot(x, np.sin(x*30), ls=':', color='m')

    x = np.random.poisson(3, 1000)
    bax = brokenaxes(xlims=((0, 2.5), (3, 6)), subplot_spec=sps2)
    bax.hist(x, histtype='bar')


.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-timing

   **Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes  8.709 seconds)


.. _sphx_glr_download_auto_examples_plot_subplots.py:


.. only :: html

 .. container:: sphx-glr-footer
    :class: sphx-glr-footer-example



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Python source code: plot_subplots.py <plot_subplots.py>`



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: plot_subplots.ipynb <plot_subplots.ipynb>`


.. only:: html

 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery <https://sphinx-gallery.readthedocs.io>`_