Thread: [Matplotlib-users] Make markers in legend to appear only once

Hi:

I am plotting using markers, in a similar way than this example:

http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/pylab_examples/legend_demo2.html

As you can see in the example above, the markers in the legend appear
twice: " 'green circle' 'green circle' oscillatory".

Is it possible to make the markers to appear only once, like " 'green
circle' oscillatory" ?

Regards,
Alejandro.

Alejandro Weinstein wrote:
> Hi:
> 
> I am plotting using markers, in a similar way than this example:
> 
> http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/pylab_examples/legend_demo2.html
> 
> As you can see in the example above, the markers in the legend appear
> twice: " 'green circle' 'green circle' oscillatory".
> 
> Is it possible to make the markers to appear only once, like " 'green
> circle' oscillatory" ?

You can use the keyword "numpoints" in the legend method:

legend( (l2, l4), ('oscillatory', 'damped'), 'upper right', shadow=True, 
numpoints=1)

should do the job.

mm

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On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 7:13 AM, Manuel Metz <mm...@as...> wrote:
> You can use the keyword "numpoints" in the legend method:

Thank you! It did the trick.

Now how you conclude that from the documentation is a mystery:

>From the docs:
"
numpoints: integer
    The number of points in the legend line, default is 4"

Regards,
Alejandro.

Alejandro Weinstein wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 7:13 AM, Manuel Metz <mm...@as...> wrote:
>> You can use the keyword "numpoints" in the legend method:
> 
> Thank you! It did the trick.
> 
> Now how you conclude that from the documentation is a mystery:
> 
>>From the docs:
> "
> numpoints: integer
>     The number of points in the legend line, default is 4"

Ah, that's apparently a bug in the docs, which I've fixed in the sources.

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> Alejandro.
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Manuel Metz wrote:
> Alejandro Weinstein wrote:
>> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 7:13 AM, Manuel Metz <mm...@as...> wrote:
>>> You can use the keyword "numpoints" in the legend method:
>> Thank you! It did the trick.
>>
>> Now how you conclude that from the documentation is a mystery:
>>
>> >From the docs:
>> "
>> numpoints: integer
>>     The number of points in the legend line, default is 4"
> 
> Ah, that's apparently a bug in the docs, which I've fixed in the sources.

I have to correct myself. John Hunter applied a patch which fixed the docs.

>> Regards,
>> Alejandro.
>>
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