>>> """
=====================
Simple Axes Divider 1
=====================

See also :doc:`/tutorials/toolkits/axes_grid`.
"""
... 
... from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1 import Size, Divider
... import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
... 
... 
... def label_axes(ax, text):
...     """Place a label at the center of an axes, and remove the axis ticks."""
...     ax.text(.5, .5, text, transform=ax.transAxes,
...             horizontalalignment="center", verticalalignment="center")
...     ax.tick_params(bottom=False, labelbottom=False,
...                    left=False, labelleft=False)
... 
... 
... ##############################################################################
... # Fixed axes sizes; fixed paddings.
... 
... fig = plt.figure(figsize=(6, 6))
... fig.suptitle("Fixed axes sizes, fixed paddings")
... 
... # Sizes are in inches.
... horiz = [Size.Fixed(1.), Size.Fixed(.5), Size.Fixed(1.5), Size.Fixed(.5)]
... vert = [Size.Fixed(1.5), Size.Fixed(.5), Size.Fixed(1.)]
... 
... rect = (0.1, 0.1, 0.8, 0.8)
... # Divide the axes rectangle into a grid with sizes specified by horiz * vert.
... div = Divider(fig, rect, horiz, vert, aspect=False)
... 
... # The rect parameter will actually be ignored and overridden by axes_locator.
... ax1 = fig.add_axes(rect, axes_locator=div.new_locator(nx=0, ny=0))
... label_axes(ax1, "nx=0, ny=0")
... ax2 = fig.add_axes(rect, axes_locator=div.new_locator(nx=0, ny=2))
... label_axes(ax2, "nx=0, ny=2")
... ax3 = fig.add_axes(rect, axes_locator=div.new_locator(nx=2, ny=2))
... label_axes(ax3, "nx=2, ny=2")
... ax4 = fig.add_axes(rect, axes_locator=div.new_locator(nx=2, nx1=4, ny=0))
... label_axes(ax4, "nx=2, nx1=4, ny=0")
... 
... ##############################################################################
... # Axes sizes that scale with the figure size; fixed paddings.
... 
... fig = plt.figure(figsize=(6, 6))
... fig.suptitle("Scalable axes sizes, fixed paddings")
... 
... horiz = [Size.Scaled(1.5), Size.Fixed(.5), Size.Scaled(1.), Size.Scaled(.5)]
... vert = [Size.Scaled(1.), Size.Fixed(.5), Size.Scaled(1.5)]
... 
... rect = (0.1, 0.1, 0.8, 0.8)
... # Divide the axes rectangle into a grid with sizes specified by horiz * vert.
... div = Divider(fig, rect, horiz, vert, aspect=False)
... 
... # The rect parameter will actually be ignored and overridden by axes_locator.
... ax1 = fig.add_axes(rect, axes_locator=div.new_locator(nx=0, ny=0))
... label_axes(ax1, "nx=0, ny=0")
... ax2 = fig.add_axes(rect, axes_locator=div.new_locator(nx=0, ny=2))
... label_axes(ax2, "nx=0, ny=2")
... ax3 = fig.add_axes(rect, axes_locator=div.new_locator(nx=2, ny=2))
... label_axes(ax3, "nx=2, ny=2")
... ax4 = fig.add_axes(rect, axes_locator=div.new_locator(nx=2, nx1=4, ny=0))
... label_axes(ax4, "nx=2, nx1=4, ny=0")
... 
... plt.show()
...