.. _pylab_examples-figure_title:

pylab_examples example code: figure_title.py
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.. plot:: /home/mandrake/rpm/BUILD/matplotlib-1.1.1/doc/mpl_examples/pylab_examples/figure_title.py

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    #!/usr/bin/env python
    from matplotlib.font_manager import FontProperties
    from pylab import *
    
    def f(t):
        s1 = cos(2*pi*t)
        e1 = exp(-t)
        return multiply(s1,e1)
    
    t1 = arange(0.0, 5.0, 0.1)
    t2 = arange(0.0, 5.0, 0.02)
    t3 = arange(0.0, 2.0, 0.01)
    
    
    subplot(121)
    plot(t1, f(t1), 'bo', t2, f(t2), 'k')
    title('subplot 1')
    ylabel('Damped oscillation')
    suptitle('This is a somewhat long figure title', fontsize=16)
    
    
    subplot(122)
    plot(t3, cos(2*pi*t3), 'r--')
    xlabel('time (s)')
    title('subplot 2')
    ylabel('Undamped')
    
    show()
    
    

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