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Created by @johnd123
 at October 21st 2023, 11:27:00 pm.

In addition to basic plotting, Matplotlib offers advanced techniques that allow for more complex visualizations. One such technique is the use of subplots, which allows multiple plots to be displayed within a single figure. Subplots can be created using the plt.subplots function, specifying the number of rows and columns as parameters. For example:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

fig, axes = plt.subplots(2, 2)

ax1 = axes[0, 0]
ax2 = axes[0, 1]
ax3 = axes[1, 0]
ax4 = axes[1, 1]

ax1.plot(x, y1)
ax2.scatter(x, y2)
ax3.bar(x, y3)
ax4.hist(x, bins=10)

plt.show()

This code creates a 2x2 grid of subplots and plots different types of visualizations on each subplot.

Another useful technique is the inclusion of multiple axes within a single figure using the plt.twinx function. This allows for the overlaying of multiple plots on top of each other, each with its own y-axis. For example:

fig, ax1 = plt.subplots()

ax2 = ax1.twinx()

ax1.plot(x, y1, 'r-')
ax2.plot(x, y2, 'b-')

plt.show()

This code creates two plots with different y-axis scales, allowing for the visualization of multiple datasets on a single figure.