make plt.subplot() act as plt.subplot(111)

ivanov · ivanov · commit bf83c161a690 · 2012-11-09T23:19:52.000-08:00
Since plt.subplots() make an assumption of what you want when you call
it without arguments, and as does plt.axes(), there's no reason why
plt.subplot() shouldn't make the same assumption.
diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+2012-11-09 Make plt.subplot() without arguments act as subplot(111) - PI
+
 2012-10-05 Add support for saving animations as animated GIFs. - JVDP
 
 2012-08-11 Fix path-closing bug in patches.Polygon, so that regardless
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
@@ -727,6 +727,9 @@ def subplot(*args, **kwargs):
 
     ``subplot(111)`` is the default axis.
 
+    ``subplot()`` by itself is the same as ``subplot(111)``
+
+
     New subplots that overlap old will delete the old axes.  If you do
     not want this behavior, use
     :meth:`~matplotlib.figure.Figure.add_subplot` or the
@@ -768,6 +771,10 @@ def subplot(*args, **kwargs):
     .. plot:: mpl_examples/pylab_examples/subplot_demo.py
 
     """
+    # if subplot called without arguments, create subplot(1,1,1)
+    if len(args)==0:
+        args=(1,1,1)
+
     # This check was added because it is very easy to type
     # subplot(1, 2, False) when subplots(1, 2, False) was intended
     # (sharex=False, that is). In most cases, no error will

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	`1`	`+2012-11-09 Make plt.subplot() without arguments act as subplot(111) - PI`
	`2`	`+`
`1`	`3`	`2012-10-05 Add support for saving animations as animated GIFs. - JVDP`
`2`	`4`
`3`	`5`	`2012-08-11 Fix path-closing bug in patches.Polygon, so that regardless`