importmatplotlib.pyplotaspltimportmpl_toolkits.axisartistasaxisartistdefsetup_axes(fig,pos):ax=fig.add_subplot(pos,axes_class=axisartist.Axes)ax.set_ylim(-0.1,1.5)ax.set_yticks([0,1])ax.axis[:].set_visible(False)ax.axis["x"]=ax.new_floating_axis(1,0.5)ax.axis["x"].set_axisline_style("->",size=1.5)returnaxplt.rcParams.update({"axes.titlesize":"medium","axes.titley":1.1,})fig=plt.figure(figsize=(10,4))fig.subplots_adjust(bottom=0.1,top=0.9,left=0.05,right=0.95)ax1=setup_axes(fig,251)ax1.axis["x"].set_axis_direction("left")ax2=setup_axes(fig,252)ax2.axis["x"].label.set_text("Label")ax2.axis["x"].toggle(ticklabels=False)ax2.axis["x"].set_axislabel_direction("+")ax2.set_title("label direction=$+$")ax3=setup_axes(fig,253)ax3.axis["x"].label.set_text("Label")ax3.axis["x"].toggle(ticklabels=False)ax3.axis["x"].set_axislabel_direction("-")ax3.set_title("label direction=$-$")ax4=setup_axes(fig,254)ax4.axis["x"].set_ticklabel_direction("+")ax4.set_title("ticklabel direction=$+$")ax5=setup_axes(fig,255)ax5.axis["x"].set_ticklabel_direction("-")ax5.set_title("ticklabel direction=$-$")ax7=setup_axes(fig,257)ax7.axis["x"].label.set_text("rotation=10")ax7.axis["x"].label.set_rotation(10)ax7.axis["x"].toggle(ticklabels=False)ax8=setup_axes(fig,258)ax8.axis["x"].set_axislabel_direction("-")ax8.axis["x"].label.set_text("rotation=10")ax8.axis["x"].label.set_rotation(10)ax8.axis["x"].toggle(ticklabels=False)plt.show()

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