define

subplot(nrows, ncols, plot_number)

!note:

plot_number starts at 1, increments across rows first and has a maximum of nrows * ncols.

test

• code

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt   
  
plt.figure(1) 
plt.subplot(2,2,2)
plt.subplot(2,2,3) 

plt.figure(2)
plt.subplot(2,1,1)
plt.subplot(2,1,2)
  
plt.show()  

• result

figure1

figure2

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• 官方文檔

• pylab_examples example code: subplots_demo.py