How to add a legend to a Matplotlib plot in Python
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As you will see, you probably will need to add legends to your plots.
Matplotlib will add a legend, every time you make a plot with the label parameter and then call the axes.legend() function.
Here is an example
Here you are! You now know how to add a legend to your plot.
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If you want to know more about how to add labels, plot different types of plots, etc... check out the other articles I wrote on the topic, just here :
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