plt.figure(figsize=(12 6)) code example

Example 1: figsize matplotlib

# figsize is an optional parameter in matplotlib.pyplot library's .figure() function
# it defaults to = None
# syntax:
# 	figsize=(width, height)
#		- each integer much be a float

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

figure = plt.figure(figsize = (10,5));

Example 2: fig=plt.figure(figsize=(2,2))

subplot(1,1,1)
plot(x, y, 'r--')
subplot(1,2,2)
plot(y, x, 'g*-');