text: """
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  Custom spine bounds
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  Demo of spines using custom bounds to limit the extent of the spine.
  """
  import numpy as np
  import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
  
  # Fixing random state for reproducibility
  np.random.seed(19680801)
  
  x = np.linspace(0, 2*np.pi, 50)
  y = np.sin(x)
  y2 = y + 0.1 * np.random.normal(size=x.shape)
  
  fig, ax = plt.subplots()
  ax.plot(x, y)
  ax.plot(x, y2)
  
  # set ticks and tick labels
  ax.set_xlim((0, 2*np.pi))
  ax.set_xticks([0, np.pi, 2*np.pi])
  ax.set_xticklabels(['0', r'$\pi$', r'2$\pi$'])
  ax.set_ylim((-1.5, 1.5))
  ax.set_yticks([-1, 0, 1])
  
  # Only draw spine between the y-ticks
  ax.spines.left.set_bounds((-1, 1))
  # Hide the right and top spines
  ax.spines.right.set_visible(False)
  ax.spines.top.set_visible(False)
  # Only show ticks on the left and bottom spines
  ax.yaxis.set_ticks_position('left')
  ax.xaxis.set_ticks_position('bottom')
  
  plt.show()
  