plot a 2d graph in python with legend code example

Example 1: matplotlib legend

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

x = np.linspace(0, 20, 1000)
y1 = np.sin(x)
y2 = np.cos(x)

plt.plot(x, y1, "-b", label="sine")
plt.plot(x, y2, "-r", label="cosine")
plt.legend(loc="upper left")
plt.ylim(-1.5, 2.0)
plt.show()

Example 2: python no label in legend matplot

ax.plot(randn(1000).cumsum(), 'k.', label='_nolegend_')

Example 3: legend text color matplotlib

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
l = plt.legend()
for text in l.get_texts():
    text.set_color("red")