.. only:: html
.. 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
:alt: figlegend demo
: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, = axs[0].plot(x, y1)
l2, = axs[0].plot(x, y2, marker='o')
y3 = np.sin(4 * np.pi * x)
y4 = np.exp(-2 * x)
l3, = axs[1].plot(x, y3, color='tab:green')
l4, = axs[1].plot(x, y4, color='tab:red', marker='^')
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 sphx-glr-download-python
:download:`Download Python source code: figlegend_demo.py `
.. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter
:download:`Download Jupyter notebook: figlegend_demo.ipynb `
.. only:: html
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature
Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot
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