.. only:: html

    .. note::
        :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

        Click :ref:`here <sphx_glr_download_gallery_ticks_and_spines_spines_bounds.py>`     to download the full example code
    .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

    .. _sphx_glr_gallery_ticks_and_spines_spines_bounds.py:


===================
Custom spine bounds
===================

Demo of spines using custom bounds to limit the extent of the spine.



.. image:: /gallery/ticks_and_spines/images/sphx_glr_spines_bounds_001.png
    :alt: spines bounds
    :class: sphx-glr-single-img






.. code-block:: default

    import numpy as np
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

    # Fixing random state for reproducibility
    np.random.seed(19680801)

    x = np.linspace(0, 2*np.pi, 50)
    y = np.sin(x)
    y2 = y + 0.1 * np.random.normal(size=x.shape)

    fig, ax = plt.subplots()
    ax.plot(x, y)
    ax.plot(x, y2)

    # set ticks and tick labels
    ax.set_xlim((0, 2*np.pi))
    ax.set_xticks([0, np.pi, 2*np.pi])
    ax.set_xticklabels(['0', r'$\pi$', r'2$\pi$'])
    ax.set_ylim((-1.5, 1.5))
    ax.set_yticks([-1, 0, 1])

    # Only draw spine between the y-ticks
    ax.spines['left'].set_bounds((-1, 1))
    # Hide the right and top spines
    ax.spines['right'].set_visible(False)
    ax.spines['top'].set_visible(False)
    # Only show ticks on the left and bottom spines
    ax.yaxis.set_ticks_position('left')
    ax.xaxis.set_ticks_position('bottom')

    plt.show()


.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_ticks_and_spines_spines_bounds.py:


.. only :: html

 .. container:: sphx-glr-footer
    :class: sphx-glr-footer-example



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python

     :download:`Download Python source code: spines_bounds.py <spines_bounds.py>`



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter

     :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: spines_bounds.ipynb <spines_bounds.ipynb>`


.. only:: html

 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot
    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery
    <https://sphinx-gallery.readthedocs.io>`_