.. note:: :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note Click :ref:`here ` to download the full example code .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title .. _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 :class: sphx-glr-single-img .. code-block:: default 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() .. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_text_labels_and_annotations_figlegend_demo.py: .. only :: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer :class: sphx-glr-footer-example .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Python source code: figlegend_demo.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: figlegend_demo.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_