.. _pylab_examples-multiline:

pylab_examples example code: multiline.py
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.. plot:: /builddir/build/BUILD/matplotlib-1.2.0/doc/mpl_examples/pylab_examples/multiline.py

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    #!/usr/bin/env python
    from pylab import *
    #from matplotlib.pyplot import *
    #from numpy import arange
    
    if 1:
        figure(figsize=(7, 4))
        ax = subplot(121)
        ax.set_aspect(1)
        plot(arange(10))
        xlabel('this is a xlabel\n(with newlines!)')
        ylabel('this is vertical\ntest', multialignment='center')
        #ylabel('this is another!')
        text(2, 7,'this is\nyet another test',
             rotation=45,
             horizontalalignment = 'center',
             verticalalignment   = 'top',
             multialignment      = 'center')
    
        grid(True)
    
    
    
        subplot(122)
    
        text(0.29, 0.7, "Mat\nTTp\n123", size=18,
             va="baseline", ha="right", multialignment="left",
             bbox=dict(fc="none"))
    
        text(0.34, 0.7, "Mag\nTTT\n123", size=18,
             va="baseline", ha="left", multialignment="left",
             bbox=dict(fc="none"))
    
        text(0.95, 0.7, "Mag\nTTT$^{A^A}$\n123", size=18,
             va="baseline", ha="right", multialignment="left",
             bbox=dict(fc="none"))
    
        xticks([0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1.],
               ["Jan\n2009","Feb\n2009","Mar\n2009", "Apr\n2009", "May\n2009"])
    
        axhline(0.7)
        title("test line spacing for multiline text")
    
    subplots_adjust(bottom=0.25, top=0.8)
    draw()
    show()
    

Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)