python3.6 pl.legend无法显示图例，报错（legend only accepts two non-keyword arguments）

一、环境

win 10，notebook ， python3.6

 

二、报错描述：

输出图上不显示图例

原码：

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
import pylab as pl

x1 = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
y1 = [1, 4, 9, 16, 25]
x2 = [1, 2, 4, 6, 8]
y2 = [2, 4, 8, 12, 16]
 
plot1 = pl.plot(x1, y1, 'r')
plot2 = pl.plot(x2, y2, 'go')
 
pl.title('Plot of y vs. x')
pl.xlabel('x axis')
pl.ylabel('y axis')
 
 
pl.xlim(0.0, 9.0)
pl.ylim(0.0, 30.)
 

pl.legend([plot1, plot2], ('red line', 'green circles'), 'best', numpoints=1)# make legend
pl.show()

结果：

TypeError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-48-f1fe5ef495b0> in <module>()
     20 
     21 
---> 22 pl.legend([plot1, plot2], ('red line', 'green circles'), 'best', numpoints=1)# make legend
     23 pl.show()# show the plot on the screen

D:\anconda\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\pyplot.py in legend(*args, **kwargs)
   3742 @docstring.copy_dedent(Axes.legend)
   3743 def legend(*args, **kwargs):
-> 3744     ret = gca().legend(*args, **kwargs)
   3745     return ret
   3746 

D:\anconda\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\axes\_axes.py in legend(self, *args, **kwargs)
    497                 **kwargs)
    498         if len(extra_args):
--> 499             raise TypeError('legend only accepts two non-keyword arguments')
    500         self.legend_ = mlegend.Legend(self, handles, labels, **kwargs)
    501         self.legend_._remove_method = lambda h: setattr(self, 'legend_', None)

TypeError: legend only accepts two non-keyword arguments

三、解决办法：

1、将

plot1 = pl.plot(x1, y1, 'r')
plot2 = pl.plot(x2, y2, 'go')

改为

plot1, = pl.plot(x1, y1, 'r')
plot2, = pl.plot(x2, y2, 'go')

2，

去掉 pl.legend()参数中的('red line', 'green circles')，即

将

pl.legend([plot1, plot2], ('red line', 'green circles'), 'best', numpoints=1)

改为

pl.legend([plot1, plot2],['red line', 'green circles'], numpoints=1)

 

四、正确运行代码：

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
import pylab as pl

x1 = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
y1 = [1, 4, 9, 16, 25]
x2 = [1, 2, 4, 6, 8]
y2 = [2, 4, 8, 12, 16]
 
plot1, = pl.plot(x1, y1, 'r')
plot2, = pl.plot(x2, y2, 'go')
 
pl.title('Plot of y vs. x')
pl.xlabel('x axis')
pl.ylabel('y axis')
 
 
pl.xlim(0.0, 9.0)
pl.ylim(0.0, 30.)
 

pl.legend([plot1, plot2],['red line', 'green circles'], numpoints=1)
pl.show()

结果，图例显示正常：

 

五、官方例程

地址：

https://matplotlib.org/users/legend_guide.html#creating-artists-specifically-for-adding-to-the-legend-aka-proxy-artists

1、

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

line_up, = plt.plot([1,2,3], label='Line 2')
line_down, = plt.plot([3,2,1], label='Line 1')
plt.legend(handles=[line_up, line_down])

 

2、

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

line_up, = plt.plot([1,2,3], label='Line 2')
line_down, = plt.plot([3,2,1], label='Line 1')
plt.legend([line_up, line_down], ['Line Up', 'Line Down'])

 

3、

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt


plt.subplot(211)
plt.plot([1,2,3], label="test1")
plt.plot([3,2,1], label="test2")
# Place a legend above this subplot, expanding itself to
# fully use the given bounding box.
plt.legend(bbox_to_anchor=(0., 1.02, 1., .102), loc=3,
           ncol=2, mode="expand", borderaxespad=0.)

plt.subplot(223)
plt.plot([1,2,3], label="test1")
plt.plot([3,2,1], label="test2")
# Place a legend to the right of this smaller subplot.
plt.legend(bbox_to_anchor=(1.05, 1), loc=2, borderaxespad=0.)

plt.show()