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# Simple Legend01

    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()

Total running time of the script: ( 0 minutes 0.049 seconds)

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