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legend function in matplotlib
Purpose
Example
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import array
arr1 = array.array('i', [1, 2, 3])
arr2 = array.array('i', [4, 5, 6])
plt.plot(arr1,arr2, label="line")
# Add a legend
plt.legend()
plt.show()
Output
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LocationCode attribute
| Location string | Location code |
| 'best' | 0 |
| 'upper right' | 1 |
| 'upper left' | 2 |
| 'lower left' | 3 |
| 'lower right' | 4 |
| 'right' | 5 |
| 'center left' | 6 |
| 'center right' | 7 |
| 'lower center' | 8 |
| 'upper center' | 9 |
| 'center' | 10 |
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import array
arr1 = array.array('i', [1, 2, 3])
arr2 = array.array('i', [4, 5, 6])
plt.plot(arr1,arr2, label="line")
# Add a legend
plt.legend(loc = 4)
plt.show()
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import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import array
arr1 = array.array('i', [1, 2, 3])
arr2 = array.array('i', [4, 5, 6])
plt.plot(arr1,arr2, label="line")
# Add a legend
plt.legend(loc = (.2, .2))
plt.show()
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