I modified the example code and got the table to work the way I want, however, there's still a box where the graph would go below the table. I want to get rid of that box. Note that the table has 5 rows including column lables and 8 columns including row lables.
The relevant code:
columns = ('Last', 'High', 'Low', 'Chg.', 'Chg. %', 'Time', 'T?')
rows = ['Gold', 'Silver', 'Copper', 'Aluminum']
scatter_x = (1, 2, 3)
scatter_y = (1224.53, 1231.76, 1228.70)
fig = plt.figure(1)
gridspec.GridSpec(4,3)
#Table - Main table
plt.subplot2grid((4,3), (0,0), colspan=2, rowspan=2)
plt.table(cellText=data_list,
rowLabels=rows,
colLabels=columns,
loc='top')
plt.subplots_adjust(left=0.2,top=0.8)
plt.yticks([])
plt.xticks([])
#Gold Scatter - Small scatter to the right
plt.subplot2grid((4,3), (0,2))
plt.scatter(scatter_x, scatter_y)
plt.ylabel('Gold Last')
fig.tight_layout()
fig.set_size_inches(w=6, h=5)
fig_name = 'plot.png'
fig.savefig(fig_name)
plt.show()
And it produces this:
A tack on question: how would I set the padding on the table so it's not cut off at the top and left?