ec_gridspec3.py

# modified from: https://matplotlib.org/gallery/userdemo/demo_gridspec02.html#sphx-glr-gallery-userdemo-demo-gridspec02-py
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from matplotlib.gridspec import GridSpec

Y = np.random.normal(loc=0.0, scale=1.0, size=10000)
X = np.random.random(size=10000)
a = np.array([1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34])
b = np.array([1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64])

fig = plt.figure()

fig.suptitle("GridSpec w/ different subplotpars")

gs = GridSpec(4, 3)
gs.update(hspace=0.95, wspace= 0.25)
ax1 = plt.subplot(gs[0, :])  # shrunken because it only has 1 row (the hspace's effect)
# identical to ax1 = plt.subplot(gs.new_subplotspec((0, 0), colspan=3))
ax2 = plt.subplot(gs[1, :-1])
ax3 = plt.subplot(gs[1:, -1])
ax4 = plt.subplot(gs[-1, 0])
ax5 = plt.subplot(gs[-1, -2])

# fill ax2 with scatter plot of X & Y
ax2.scatter(X,Y)

# fill ax4 with line plot of a & b
ax4.plot(a, b)

# fill ax5 with histogram of X & Y
ax5.hist(X, bins=100)