""" =============== Simple Legend01 =============== """ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt plt.subplot(211) plt.plot([1, 2, 3], label="test1") plt.plot([3, 2, 1], label="test2") # Place a legend above this subplot, expanding itself to # fully use the given bounding box. plt.legend(bbox_to_anchor=(0., 1.02, 1., .102), loc='lower left', ncol=2, mode="expand", borderaxespad=0.) plt.subplot(223) plt.plot([1, 2, 3], label="test1") plt.plot([3, 2, 1], label="test2") # Place a legend to the right of this smaller subplot. plt.legend(bbox_to_anchor=(1.05, 1), loc='upper left', borderaxespad=0.) plt.show()