.. _sphx_glr_gallery_text_labels_and_annotations_figlegend_demo.py:


==================
Figure legend demo
==================

Instead of plotting a legend on each axis, a legend for all the artists on all
the sub-axes of a figure can be plotted instead.




.. image:: /gallery/text_labels_and_annotations/images/sphx_glr_figlegend_demo_001.png
    :align: center





.. code-block:: python


    import numpy as np
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

    fig, axs = plt.subplots(1, 2)

    x = np.arange(0.0, 2.0, 0.02)
    y1 = np.sin(2 * np.pi * x)
    y2 = np.exp(-x)
    l1, l2 = axs[0].plot(x, y1, 'rs-', x, y2, 'go')

    y3 = np.sin(4 * np.pi * x)
    y4 = np.exp(-2 * x)
    l3, l4 = axs[1].plot(x, y3, 'yd-', x, y4, 'k^')

    fig.legend((l1, l2), ('Line 1', 'Line 2'), 'upper left')
    fig.legend((l3, l4), ('Line 3', 'Line 4'), 'upper right')

    plt.tight_layout()
    plt.show()

**Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes  0.062 seconds)



.. only :: html

 .. container:: sphx-glr-footer


  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Python source code: figlegend_demo.py <figlegend_demo.py>`



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: figlegend_demo.ipynb <figlegend_demo.ipynb>`


.. only:: html

 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery <https://sphinx-gallery.readthedocs.io>`_