Question

I try to print a figlegend with only one line, but I only get the first letter. I have the following script for making the plot:

from pylab import *
k = plot((0, 1),(1, 1))
figlegend((k),('Limit'),loc='lower center')
savefig('test.pdf')

The output is:

What am I doing wrong? (Or is it a bug?)

Answer 1

I haven’t figured out whether it is a bug or intentional (for some reason) in matplotlib, but in order to get a full legend label you need to leave a trailing comma on your list of labels:

figlegend((k),('Limit',),loc='lower center')

change that line and your code:

from pylab import *
k = plot((0, 1),(1, 1))
figlegend((k),('Limit',),loc='lower center')
savefig('test.pdf')

produces the figure:

Alternatively, one can use [] to achieve the same result:

figlegend((k),(['Limit']),loc='lower center')