Legend outside the plot in Matplotlib - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to add a legend outside the plot on the right side.

Matplotlib

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.plot([1, 2, 3], label='Line')
plt.legend(loc=[1], bbox_to_anchor=(1, 0.5))
plt.show()

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A'lower right'

B'upper left'

C'center left'

D'best'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'best' places the legend inside the plot area.

Using 'upper left' or 'lower right' places the legend inside the plot.

The 'center left' location places the legend outside the plot on the right side when combined with bbox_to_anchor.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to move the legend outside the plot using bbox_to_anchor.

Matplotlib

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.plot([1, 2, 3], label='Line')
plt.legend(loc='center left', bbox_to_anchor=[1])
plt.show()

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A(1, 0.5)

B(0, 0.5)

C(1, 1)

D(0.5, 0.5)

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using (0, 0.5) places the legend on the left side.

Using (1, 1) places the legend outside top right corner.

The tuple (1, 0.5) places the legend just outside the right center of the plot.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly place the legend outside the plot on the right.

Matplotlib

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.plot([1, 2, 3], label='Line')
plt.legend(loc='center left', bbox_to_anchor=[1])
plt.show()

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A(1, 0.5)

B[1, 0.5]

C{1, 0.5}

D1, 0.5

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using a set instead of a tuple causes errors.

Passing multiple arguments without parentheses is invalid.

bbox_to_anchor requires a tuple to specify coordinates, so (1, 0.5) is correct.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to place the legend outside the plot on the right and prevent overlap.

Matplotlib

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.plot([1, 2, 3], label='Line')
plt.legend(loc=[1], bbox_to_anchor=[2], borderaxespad=0.)
plt.show()

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A'center left'

B'upper right'

C(1, 0.5)

D(0.5, 1)

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'upper right' places the legend inside the plot.

Using bbox_to_anchor values that place the legend inside the plot area.

Using loc='center left' with bbox_to_anchor=(1, 0.5) places the legend outside right center with no overlap.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to place the legend outside the plot on the right, set title, and adjust font size.

Matplotlib

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.plot([1, 2, 3], label='Line')
plt.legend(loc=[1], bbox_to_anchor=[2], title=[3], fontsize=10)
plt.show()

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A'center left'

B(1, 0.5)

C'My Legend'

D'upper left'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using loc or bbox_to_anchor values that place the legend inside the plot.

Forgetting to provide a string for the title parameter.

loc='center left' and bbox_to_anchor=(1, 0.5) place the legend outside right center; title='My Legend' adds a title.