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.. only:: html

    .. note::
        :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

        Click :ref:`here <sphx_glr_download_gallery_pie_and_polar_charts_polar_legend.py>`
        to download the full example code

.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_gallery_pie_and_polar_charts_polar_legend.py:


============
Polar Legend
============

Demo of a legend on a polar-axis plot.

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.. code-block:: default


    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import numpy as np

    fig = plt.figure()
    ax = fig.add_subplot(projection="polar", facecolor="lightgoldenrodyellow")

    r = np.linspace(0, 3, 301)
    theta = 2 * np.pi * r
    ax.plot(theta, r, color="tab:orange", lw=3, label="a line")
    ax.plot(0.5 * theta, r, color="tab:blue", ls="--", lw=3, label="another line")
    ax.tick_params(grid_color="palegoldenrod")
    # For polar axes, it may be useful to move the legend slightly away from the
    # axes center, to avoid overlap between the legend and the axes.  The following
    # snippet places the legend's lower left corner just outside of the polar axes
    # at an angle of 67.5 degrees in polar coordinates.
    angle = np.deg2rad(67.5)
    ax.legend(loc="lower left",
              bbox_to_anchor=(.5 + np.cos(angle)/2, .5 + np.sin(angle)/2))

    plt.show()




.. image:: /gallery/pie_and_polar_charts/images/sphx_glr_polar_legend_001.png
    :alt: polar legend
    :class: sphx-glr-single-img





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.. admonition:: References

   The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown
   in this example:

   - `matplotlib.axes.Axes.plot` / `matplotlib.pyplot.plot`
   - `matplotlib.axes.Axes.legend` / `matplotlib.pyplot.legend`
   - `matplotlib.projections.polar`
   - `matplotlib.projections.polar.PolarAxes`


.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_pie_and_polar_charts_polar_legend.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: polar_legend.py <polar_legend.py>`



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter

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


.. only:: html

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

    Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot
    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery
    <https://sphinx-gallery.readthedocs.io>`_