plt.subplots()

The `plt.subplots()` function is a method that creates a figure object and a grid of subplots with a single call. It is a convenient way to create multiple subplots in one figure.

Syntax: `fig, ax = plt.subplots(nrows, ncols, ...)`

Parameters:
- `nrows`: number of rows of subplots
- `ncols`: number of columns of subplots
- `sharex`: share x-axis among subplots
- `sharey`: share y-axis among subplots

Returns:
- `fig`: a `Figure` object that represents the entire figure
- `ax`: a list of `Axes` objects representing all the subplots

Example:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

fig, ax = plt.subplots(2, 2, sharex=True, sharey=True)

ax[0, 0].plot([1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6])
ax[0, 1].scatter([1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6])
ax[1, 0].bar([1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6])
ax[1, 1].hist([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6])

plt.show()

This will create a 2x2 grid of subplots with shared x-axis and y-axis. Each subplot will have a different type of plot.