import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt plt.figure(1) plt.figure(2) ax1 = plt.subplot(211) ax2 = plt.subplot(212) x = np.linspace(0, 3, 100) for i in xrange(5): plt.figure(1) plt.plot(x, np.exp(i*x/3)) plt.sca(ax1) plt.plot(x, np.sin(i*x)) plt.sca(ax2) plt.plot(x, np.cos(i*x)) plt.show()