How to Customize Legend Location in Pyplot?

Using 'loc' parameter of legend method, we can customize the legend location.

 

Example 1: Legend location is at 'upper right'.

plt.legend(loc='upper right')

Example 2: Legend location is at 'upper left'.

plt.legend(loc='upper left')

 

Example 3: Legend location is at 'lower left'.

plt.legend(loc='lower left')

Example 4: Legend location is at 'lower right'.

plt.legend(loc='lower right')

Find the below working application.

 

legend_location_customization.py

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

x = np.arange(1, 10)
y1 = x**2
y2 = x**3

plt.plot(x, y1, label="y = x^2", color='r')
plt.plot(x, y2, label="y = x^3", color='g')

plt.legend(loc='upper left')
plt.show()

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