Example: plot_utils

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Module with useful functions for making publication-ready plots.

def adjust_spines(ax, spines, position=5):
    """
    Set custom visibility and position of axes

    ax       : Axes
     Axes handle
    spines   : List
     String list of 'left', 'bottom', 'right', 'top' spines to show
    position : Integer
     Number of points for position of axis
    """
    for loc, spine in ax.spines.items():
        if loc in spines:
            spine.set_position(('outward', position))
        else:
            spine.set_color('none')  # don't draw spine

    # turn off ticks where there is no spine
    if 'left' in spines:
        ax.yaxis.set_ticks_position('left')
    elif 'right' in spines:
        ax.yaxis.set_ticks_position('right')
    else:
        # no yaxis ticks
        ax.yaxis.set_ticks([])
        ax.tick_params(axis='y', which='both', left='off', right='off')

    if 'bottom' in spines:
        ax.xaxis.set_ticks_position('bottom')
    elif 'top' in spines:
        ax.xaxis.set_ticks_position('top')
    else:
        # no xaxis ticks
        ax.xaxis.set_ticks([])
        ax.tick_params(axis='x', which='both', bottom='off', top='off')


def adjust_ylabels(ax,x_offset=0):
    '''
    Scan all ax list and identify the outmost y-axis position.
    Setting all the labels to that position + x_offset.
    '''

    xc = 0.0
    for a in ax:
        xc = min(xc, (a.yaxis.get_label()).get_position()[0])

    for a in ax:
        a.yaxis.set_label_coords(xc + x_offset,
                                 (a.yaxis.get_label()).get_position()[1])