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cvr/colorbar_title0.py

Created October 21, 2011 14:32
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Set a title on top of a colorbar
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colorbar_title0.py
fig=plt.figure()
## AXES HANDLE
ax=fig.add_axes(mpltr.Bbox([[ .14 , .14 ],[ .90 , .92 ]]))
## COLORBAR AXES HANDLE
cx=fig.add_axes(mpltr.Bbox([[ .91 , .14 ],[ .93 , .92 ]]))
...
## PLOT THE STUFF YOU WANT
ax.contourf(X, Y, Z, etc... )
...
## COLORBAR
cb=plt.colorbar(cf, cax=cx)
plt.figtext(.91, .92, (r"Variable Z"), va='bottom', ha='left')
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