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Inches and centimeters#
The example illustrates the ability to override default x and y units (ax1) to
inches and centimeters using the xunits and yunits parameters for the
plot function. Note that conversions are applied to get numbers
to correct units.
This example requires basic_units.py
frombasic_unitsimport cm, inch importmatplotlib.pyplotasplt importnumpyasnp cms = cm * np.arange (0, 10, 2) fig , axs = plt.subplots (2, 2, layout='constrained') axs [0, 0].plot(cms, cms) axs [0, 1].plot(cms, cms, xunits=cm, yunits=inch) axs [1, 0].plot(cms, cms, xunits=inch, yunits=cm) axs [1, 0].set_xlim(-1, 4) # scalars are interpreted in current units axs [1, 1].plot(cms, cms, xunits=inch, yunits=inch) axs [1, 1].set_xlim(3*cm, 6*cm) # cm are converted to inches plt.show ()