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labeling only some plots in matplotlib
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matplotlib_legend.py
'''Example of labeling only some plots in a matplotlib legend.
Tested with matplotlib==1.0.1
'''
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
plt.figure(1, facecolor='white')
plt.plot([1,2,3,4], [1,2,3,4], label='foo')
plt.plot([1,2,3,4], [2,4,6,8])
plt.plot([1,2,3,4], [3,6,9,12], label='bar')
plt.legend(loc='lower right')
plt.show()
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