Merge pull request #2784 from gabraganca/fc_example

Scipy2013 Sprint: Cleaning F/C example

examples/subplots_axes_and_figures/fahrenheit_celsius_scales.py

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+"""
+Demo of how to display two scales on the left and right y axis.
+
+This example uses the Fahrenheit and Celsius scales.
+"""
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+import numpy as np
+
+
+def fahrenheit2celsius(temp):
+    """
+    Returns temperature in Celsius.
+    """
+    return (5. / 9.) * (temp - 32)
+
+
+def convert_ax_c_to_celsius(ax_f):
+    """
+    Update second axis according with first axis.
+    """
+    y1, y2 = ax_f.get_ylim()
+    ax_c.set_ylim(fahrenheit2celsius(y1), fahrenheit2celsius(y2))
+    ax_c.figure.canvas.draw()
+
+fig, ax_f = plt.subplots()
+ax_c = ax_f.twinx()
+
+# automatically update ylim of ax2 when ylim of ax1 changes.
+ax_f.callbacks.connect("ylim_changed", convert_ax_c_to_celsius)
+ax_f.plot(np.linspace(-40, 120, 100))
+ax_f.set_xlim(0, 100)
+
+ax_f.set_title('Two scales: Fahrenheit and Celsius')
+ax_f.set_ylabel('Fahrenheit')
+ax_c.set_ylabel('Celsius')
+
+plt.show()