mpl.pyplot.figlegend()¶

mpl.pyplot.figlegend(handles, labels, loc, **kwargs)[source]¶

Place a legend in the figure.

labels

a sequence of strings

handles

a sequence of Line2D or Patch instances

loc

can be a string or an integer specifying the legend location

A matplotlib.legend.Legend instance is returned.

Example:

figlegend( (line1, line2, line3),
           ('label1', 'label2', 'label3'),
           'upper right' )

See also

legend()