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#!/usr/bin/env python

"""

Example: simple line plot.

Show how to make and save a simple line plot with labels, title and grid

"""

from pylab import *

t = arange(0.0, 1.0+0.01, 0.01)

s = cos(2*2*pi*t)

ax1 = subplot(211)

plot(t, s, '-', lw=2)

xlabel('xlabel for top axes')

ylabel('ylabel on the right')

title('About as simple as it gets, folks')

grid(True)

ax1.yaxis.set_label_position('right')

ax1.xaxis.set_ticklabels(['Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday', 'Friday'])

for label in ax1.get_xticklabels():

label.set_rotation(45)

ax2 = subplot(212)

plot(t, s, '-', lw=2)

grid(True)

xlabel('xlabel for bottom axes (the ticks are on the top for no good reason)')

ylabel('I\'m a lefty')

ax2.xaxis.set_label_position('bottom')

ax2.xaxis.set_ticks_position('top')

#savefig('simple_plot.png')

savefig('simple_plot')

show()