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Plot multiple figures into a single PDF with matplotlib, using the object-oriented interface
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pdfpages_oo.py
"""
Plot multiple figures into a single PDF with matplotlib, using the
object-oriented interface.
"""
from matplotlib.backends.backend_pdf import FigureCanvasPdf, PdfPages
from matplotlib.figure import Figure
import numpy as np
with PdfPages('multi.pdf') as pages:
for i in range(10):
fig = Figure()
ax = fig.gca()
ax.plot(np.arange(10), np.random.randn(10))
canvas = FigureCanvasPdf(fig)
canvas.print_figure(pages)
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