Legend placement options in Matplotlib - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to place the legend at the upper right corner.

Matplotlib

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

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

A'upper right'

B'lower left'

C'center left'

D'best'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using a location string that doesn't exist.

Forgetting quotes around the location string.

The 'loc' parameter controls legend placement. 'upper right' places it at the top right corner.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to place the 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'upper left'

B'center left'

C'center right'

D'lower right'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'upper right' places legend inside the plot.

Not using bbox_to_anchor for outside placement.

Using 'center right' with bbox_to_anchor=(1, 0.5) places the legend centered outside the right edge.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly place the legend at the lower center.

Matplotlib

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

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

A'lower center'

B'center lower'

C'bottom center'

D'center bottom'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'center lower' which is invalid.

Using 'bottom center' which is not recognized.

'lower center' is the correct string for placing the legend at the bottom center.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to place the legend outside the upper left corner with a smaller font size.

Matplotlib

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.plot([1, 2, 3], label='Line')
plt.legend(loc=[1], bbox_to_anchor=[2], fontsize=8)
plt.show()

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

A'upper left'

B'lower right'

C(0, 1)

D(1, 0)

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Swapping bbox_to_anchor coordinates.

Using a location that doesn't match bbox_to_anchor.

Using 'upper left' with bbox_to_anchor=(0, 1) places the legend outside the upper left corner with smaller font.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to place the legend at the center bottom outside the plot with a shadow effect.

Matplotlib

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

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

A'lower center'

B(0.5, 0)

CTrue

DFalse

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using shadow=False disables shadow.

Incorrect bbox_to_anchor coordinates.

Setting loc='lower center', bbox_to_anchor=(0.5, 0), and shadow=True places the legend outside bottom center with shadow.