Thread: [Matplotlib-users] different vertical axes scales

I have two time series, {u_j} and {v_j}, with vastly different scales,  
but all sampled at the same times, {t_j}.  Is there an easy way to  
plot the two on the same figure, with different vertical axes on the  
left and the right?

-gideon

On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Gideon Simpson <si...@ma...>wrote:

> I have two time series, {u_j} and {v_j}, with vastly different scales,
> but all sampled at the same times, {t_j}.  Is there an easy way to
> plot the two on the same figure, with different vertical axes on the
> left and the right?
>

Take a look at twinx -- function doc and example links included below:

  http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/api/two_scales.html

http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/api/axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.twinx

JDH