First, this is another topic, so please, change the subject of the message so it doesn't get messed up with others (and possible help lost in the process).
Now, you are indeed plotting one dot at the time and generating a label for it. If you don't want that, you have to plot the whole list at the time: x=[rand() for i in xrange(10)] y=[rand() for i in xrange(10)] scatter(x,y, label='points') legend() show() where the definition of x includes a list comprehension (equivalent at "for i in xrange(10): x.append(rand())" ). On another topic, people are not usually fan of using from MODULEX import *, as it can turn into poor code and name collisions. It is nicer if you write "import pylab as plt", and refer to the functions as plt.scatter and so on. Regards. On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 9:21 PM, Steven Boada <bo...@physics.tamu.edu> wrote: > 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. > > Steven > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
