Update subplot2grid doc to use Figure.add_gridspec, not GridSpec.

anntzer · anntzer · commit c3b0b863921b · 2020-06-01T21:24:18.000+02:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
@@ -1299,13 +1299,13 @@ def subplot2grid(shape, loc, rowspan=1, colspan=1, fig=None, **kwargs):
     -----
     The following call ::
 
-        subplot2grid(shape, loc, rowspan=1, colspan=1)
+        subplot2grid((nrows, ncols), (row, col), rowspan, colspan)
 
     is identical to ::
 
-        gridspec = GridSpec(shape[0], shape[1])
-        subplotspec = gridspec.new_subplotspec(loc, rowspan, colspan)
-        subplot(subplotspec)
+        fig = gcf()
+        fig.add_subplot(
+            fig.add_gridspec(nrows, ncols)[row:row+rowspan, col:col+colspan])
     """
 
     if fig is None:
