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Change according @tonysyu suggestions and run PEP8
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gabraganca committed Jul 3, 2013
commit 01a5e99770c06fe14816879f8ff85a4fa89c6396
28 changes: 15 additions & 13 deletions examples/subplots_axes_and_figures/fahrenheit_celsius_scales.py
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import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

fig, ax1 = plt.subplots() # ax1 is the Fahrenheit scale
ax2 = ax1.twinx() # ax2 is the Celsius scale

def fahrenheit2celsius(temp):
"""
Returns temperature in Celsius.
"""
return (5./9.)*(temp - 32)
return (5. / 9.) * (temp - 32)

def convert_ax2_to_celsius(ax1):

def convert_ax_c_to_celsius(ax_f):
"""
Update second axis according with first axis.
"""
y1, y2 = ax1.get_ylim()
ax2.set_ylim(fahrenheit2celsius(y1), fahrenheit2celsius(y2))
ax2.figure.canvas.draw()
y1, y2 = ax_f.get_ylim()
ax_c.set_ylim(fahrenheit2celsius(y1), fahrenheit2celsius(y2))
ax_c.figure.canvas.draw()

fig, ax_f = plt.subplots()
ax_c = ax_f.twinx()

# automatically update ylim of ax2 when ylim of ax1 changes.
ax1.callbacks.connect("ylim_changed", convert_ax2_to_celsius)
ax1.plot(np.linspace(-40, 120, 100))
ax1.set_xlim(0, 100)
ax_f.callbacks.connect("ylim_changed", convert_ax_c_to_celsius)
ax_f.plot(np.linspace(-40, 120, 100))
ax_f.set_xlim(0, 100)

ax1.set_title('Two scales: Fahrenheit and Celsius')
ax1.set_ylabel('Fahrenheit')
ax2.set_ylabel('Celsius')
ax_f.set_title('Two scales: Fahrenheit and Celsius')
ax_f.set_ylabel('Fahrenheit')
ax_c.set_ylabel('Celsius')

plt.show()