Resize a figure automatically in matplotlib

Question

Is there a way to automatically resize a figure to properly fit contained plots in a matplotlib/pylab image?

I\'m creating heatmap (sub)plots that differ in aspect rat

Answer 1

Another way of doing this is using the matplotlib tight_layout function

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
fig,(ax) = plt.subplots(figsize=(8,4), ncols=1)
data = [0,1,2,3,4]
ax.plot(data)
fig.tight_layout()
fig.show()