added shared axis demo

jdh2358 · jdh2358 · commit b957b962a180 · 2007-06-21T22:20:51.000Z
svn path=/trunk/matplotlib/; revision=3405
diff --git a/examples/shared_axis_across_figures.py b/examples/shared_axis_across_figures.py
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+"""
+connect the data limits on the axes in one figure with the axes in
+another.  This is not the right way to do this for two axes in the
+same figure -- use the sharex and sharey property in that case
+"""
+import numpy
+from pylab import figure, show
+
+fig1 = figure()
+fig2 = figure()
+
+ax1 = fig1.add_subplot(111)
+ax2 = fig2.add_subplot(111)
+
+ax1.plot(numpy.random.rand(100), 'o')
+ax2.plot(numpy.random.rand(100), 'o')
+
+ax1.sharex_foreign(ax2)
+ax2.sharex_foreign(ax1)
+
+ax1.sharey_foreign(ax2)
+ax2.sharey_foreign(ax1)
+
+
+
+show()
