How to put the axis for two subplots separately?

Question

I am trying to have two sub-plots in the figure in the Python Script. But I am not able to set the axis separately according to my inputs. Can anybody help me to set the x-axis, y-axis for each of the sub-plot separately? I am including the piece of code that I have done, which was not giving me the result.

fig = plt.figure()
ax = plt.subplot(121) # To show the ascending order
plt.xlabel ('RF Input Power (dBm)', fontsize = 'small')
plt.ylabel ('Gain (dB)', fontsize = 'small')
tx = plt.title('Gain Vs Ascending RFInputAmpl for ' + str(measuredFrequencyUnderTest) + 'MHz', fontsize = 'small')
axPlotAxis = plt.axis([rfInputMin, rfInputMax, -20.0, 30.0])

# Now, Plot all the gain stages across the RFInput
ax.plot(rfInput_Plot, lna_Pre_Plot, color = 'r', marker = '+', label = 'lna_Pre')
ax.plot(rfInput_Plot, lna_Post_Plot, color = 'm', marker = 'x', label = 'lna_Post')
ax.plot(rfInput_Plot, sampler1_Plot, color = 'k', marker = '*', label = 'Sampler1')
ax.plot(rfInput_Plot, sampler2_Plot, color = 'c', marker = 's', label = 'Sampler2')
ax.plot(rfInput_Plot, vga_Plot, color = 'b', marker = 'p', label = 'VGA')
ax.plot(rfInput_Plot, dagc1_Plot, color = 'g', marker = 'H', label = 'DAGC1')
ax.plot(rfInput_Plot, dagc2_Plot, color = 'y', marker = 'v', label = 'DAGC2')

# Put the Legend
ax.legend(loc='upper center', bbox_to_anchor = (1.3, -0.05), shadow=True,numpoints = 1, prop = legend_font_props, ncol = 3)

# Now, come to the second plot
ay = plt.subplot(122) # To show the descending order
plt.xlabel ('RF Input Power (dBm)', fontsize = 'small')
plt.ylabel ('Gain (dB)', fontsize = 'small', horizontalalignment = 'left') 
ty = plt.title('Gain Vs Descending RF Input for '+ str(measuredFrequencyUnderTest)+ 'MHz', fontsize = 'small')

# Now, fix the x axis here in descending order
plt.axis([rfInputMax, rfInputMin, y_Min_Value, y_Max_Value])
plt.minorticks_on()

Is there something wrong that I am performing? Pls help me to correct it.

Answer 1

You can set independent scales very easily (from an ipython -pylab session):

In [8]: ax = plt.subplot(121)
In [9]: ay = plt.subplot(122)
In [10]: ax.set_xlim((-1,2))
In [11]: ax.set_ylim((10,20))
In [12]: ay.set_xlim((-10,4))
In [13]: ay.set_ylim((3,5))