>>> """
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Dropped spines
==============

Demo of spines offset from the axes (a.k.a. "dropped spines").
"""
... import numpy as np
... import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
... 
... # Fixing random state for reproducibility
... np.random.seed(19680801)
... 
... fig, ax = plt.subplots()
... 
... image = np.random.uniform(size=(10, 10))
... ax.imshow(image, cmap=plt.cm.gray)
... ax.set_title('dropped spines')
... 
... # Move left and bottom spines outward by 10 points
... ax.spines.left.set_position(('outward', 10))
... ax.spines.bottom.set_position(('outward', 10))
... # 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()
...