I have a routine where I start outside the loop with and empty sequence
> leg = []
then add at each iteration the label
> leg.append('mylabel')then call legend with the sequence at the end > legend(leg) I think I once truncated the list and got part only > legend(leg[:2]) It depends on what you want to do. Paul On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 8:56 PM, Mike Kaufman <mck...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 6/13/12 3:23 PM, Steven Boada wrote: >> Whoops, I forgot to change the subject. Sorry list. >> >> List, >> >> I'm making a scatter plot using a for loop. Here's a simple example.. >> >> for i in range(10): >> x=rand() >> y=rand() >> scatter(x,y,label='point') >> >> legend() >> show() >> >> >> When you do this, you get a legend entry for every single point. In this >> case, I get 9 entries in my legend. >> >> Is there a way to only get a single entry? I have looked into creating >> the legends by hand, but I'm not having much luck. Googling, only turned >> up a single example of someone else with the same problem. >> >> Help me list, you're my only hope. > > Perhaps not exactly what you want, but an answer is don't use a loop: > > x = rand(10) > y = rand(10) > scatter(x,y, label='points') > legend() > draw() > show() > > Of course if you want to color each point differently, then this won't work. > > M > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users -- * * * * * * * * http://www.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/~npmk/ * * * * Dr. N.P.M. Kuin (n...@mssl.ucl.ac.uk) phone +44-(0)1483 (prefix) -204256 (work) -276110 (home) mobile +44(0)7806985366 skype ID: npkuin Mullard Space Science Laboratory – University College London – Holmbury St Mary – Dorking – Surrey RH5 6NT– U.K. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
