python plot legend
# Short answer:
# matplotlib.pyplot places the legend in the "best" location by default
# To add a legend to your plot, call plt.legend()
# Example usage:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
x1 = [1, 2, 3] # Invent x and y data to be plotted
y1 = [4, 5, 6]
x2 = [1, 3, 5]
y2 = [6, 5, 4]
plt.plot(x1, y1, label="Dataset_1") # Use label="data_name" so that the
# legend is easy to interpret
plt.plot(x2, y2, label="Dataset_2")
plt.legend(loc='best')
plt.show()
# Other legend locations you can specify:
Location String Location Code (e.g. loc=1)
'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