How do I write a Latex formula in the legend of a plot using Matplotlib inside a .py file?
Question:
I am writing a script in Python (.py file) and I am using Matplotlib to plot an array.
I want to add a legend with a formula to the plot, but I haven’t been able to do it.
I have done this before in IPython or the terminal. In this case, writing something like this:
legend(ur'$The_formula$')
worked perfectly. However, this doesn’t work when I call my .py script from the terminal/IPython.
Answers:
When writing code for labels it is:
import pylab
# code here
pylab.plot(x,y,'f:', '$sin(x)$')
So perhaps pylab.legend('$latex here$')
Edit:
The u
is for unicode strings, try just r'$latex$'
The easiest way is to assign the label when you plot the data,
e.g.:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
ax = plt.gca() # or any other way to get an axis object
ax.plot(x, y, label=r'$sin (x)$')
ax.legend()
I am writing a script in Python (.py file) and I am using Matplotlib to plot an array.
I want to add a legend with a formula to the plot, but I haven’t been able to do it.
I have done this before in IPython or the terminal. In this case, writing something like this:
legend(ur'$The_formula$')
worked perfectly. However, this doesn’t work when I call my .py script from the terminal/IPython.
When writing code for labels it is:
import pylab
# code here
pylab.plot(x,y,'f:', '$sin(x)$')
So perhaps pylab.legend('$latex here$')
Edit:
The u
is for unicode strings, try just r'$latex$'
The easiest way is to assign the label when you plot the data,
e.g.:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
ax = plt.gca() # or any other way to get an axis object
ax.plot(x, y, label=r'$sin (x)$')
ax.legend()