The gca().collections.set_label('label') works great.
Admittedly, I'm not sure why it works. I'm not that great with the collections stuff. But thanks! S On 06/13/2012 03:22 PM, Mike Kaufman wrote: > On 6/13/12 4:06 PM, Steven Boada wrote: >> Well I am doing a lot more than this simple example shows. Point is that >> there are nine different points each with their own legend entry. >> >> I could put it all out of the for loops, but it is all already written, >> and I'd rather just fix the legend at the end than move sections of the >> code around. I'm willing to do it, if that is the only choice, but I >> wanted to ask before I commit my time. >> >> Wouldn't it be a good (smart) thing for the code to lump all the points >> with the same label together? This would be a great feature to be added IMO. > Assuming that you already have ten scatter plots, change the labels on > the ones you don't want in the legend to '_nolegend_' (see help(legend)) > > for i in range(10): > gca().collections[i].set_label('_nolegend_') > gca().collections[0].set_label('the one label I want') > legend() > draw() > > 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 > -- Steven Boada Dept. Physics and Astronomy Texas A&M University bo...@physics.tamu.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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