How to add different graphs (as an inset) in another python graph
graph, matplotlib, python
Solution
There's more than one way do to this, depending on the relationship that you want the inset to have.
If you just want to inset a graph that has no set relationship with the bigger graph, just do something like:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
fig, ax1 = plt.subplots()
# These are in unitless percentages of the figure size. (0,0 is bottom left)
left, bottom, width, height = [0.25, 0.6, 0.2, 0.2]
ax2 = fig.add_axes([left, bottom, width, height])
ax1.plot(range(10), color='red')
ax2.plot(range(6)[::-1], color='green')
plt.show()
If you want to have some sort of relationship between the two, have a look at some of the examples here: http://matplotlib.org/1.3.1/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid/users/overview.html#insetlocator
This is useful if you want the inset to be a "zoomed in" version, (say, at exactly twice the scale of the original) that will automatically update as you pan/zoom interactively.
For simple insets, though, just create a new axes as I showed in the example above.
Problem
I'd like to make a graph like that: the problem is, I've got the data from some external files, and I can make the background graph, but I have no idea how to add another graph inside of the one that I already have and change the data to have different results in both of them: Below I am adding the code I am using to do the background graph. Hope someone can help. ``` from __future__ import division import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt plt.rc('text',usetex=True) font = {'family':'serif','size':16} plt.rc('font',**font) plt.rc('legend',**{'fontsize':14}) matplotlib.rcParams['text.latex.preamble']=[r'\usepackage{amsmath}'] data=np.loadtxt(r'C:\...\file.txt') plt.plot(data[:,0],data[:,6],linewidth = 3,label='B$_0$ = 1.5 T d',linestyle= '--', color='black') plt.show() ```