Creating square subplots (of equal height and width) in matplotlib

Question

When I run this code

from pylab import *

figure()
ax1 = subplot(121)
plot([1, 2, 3], [1, 2, 3])
subplot(122, sharex=ax1, sharey=ax1)
plot([1, 2, 3], [1, 2,          


        

Answer 1

Give this a try:

from pylab import *

figure()
ax1 = subplot(121, autoscale_on=False, aspect='equal', xlim=[1,3], ylim=[1,3])
plot([1, 2, 3], [1, 2, 3])
##axes().set_aspect('equal')
ax2 = subplot(122, autoscale_on=False, aspect='equal', xlim=[1,3], ylim=[1,3])
plot([1, 2, 3], [1, 2, 3])
draw()
show()

I commented out the axes() line as that would create a new axes at an arbitrary location, rather than a pre-fabricated subplot with a calculated position.

Calling subplot actually creates an Axes instance, which means it can use the same properties as that of an Axes.

I hope this helps :)