import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np x=np.linspace(-3,3,50)
y1=x*2+1
y2=x**2
plt.plot(x,y1) plt.figure(num=3,figsize=(8,5))
plt.plot(x,y2)
plt.plot(x,y1,color="red",linewidth=1.0,linestyle="--") plt.xlim((-1,2))
plt.ylim((-2,3))
plt.xlabel("I am x")
plt.ylabel("I am y") new_ticks=np.linspace(-1,2,5)
print(new_ticks)
plt.xticks(new_ticks)
plt.yticks([-2,-1.8,-1,1.22,3,],
[r'$really\ bad$',r'$bad\ \alpha$',r'$normal$',r'$good$','$really\ good$']
#gca='get current axis'
ax = plt.gca()
ax.spines['right'].set_color('none')
ax.spines['top'].set_color('none')
ax.xaxis.set_ticks_position('bottom')
ax.yaxis.set_ticks_position('left')
ax.spines['bottom'].set_position(('data',0))
ax.spines['left'].set_position(('data',0))
plt.show()