Parameters

Description

legend(string1,string2,string3, ...) or plot(...,'legend',string1,string2,string3,...) puts a legend on the current plot using the specified strings as labels.

legend(...,Pos) or plot(...,'legend',...,Pos) places the legend in the specified location

-1 = outside the axis box on the right

1 = Upper right-hand corner (default)

2 = Upper left-hand corner

3 = Lower left-hand corner

4 = Lower right-hand corner

5 = Interactive placement with the mouse

x = linspace(0,2*%pi,64); plot(x,cos(x),x,cos(2*x),x,cos(3*x)); legend('cos(x)','cos(2x)','cos(3x)',1); Examples with the property 'legend' plot(x,sin(x),x,cos(x),'legend','The sine','The cosine',-1) plot(x,sin(x),x,cos(x),'legend','The sine',-1) plot(x,sin(x),x,cos(x),'legend','The sine',5)

Examples

x = linspace(0,2*%pi,64); 
plot(x,cos(x),x,cos(2*x),x,cos(3*x),'legend','cos(x)','cos(2x)','cos(3x)');
plot(x,sin(x),x,cos(x));
legend('The sine','The cosine',5);

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