如何在matplotlib中为等高线图创建图例？

Question

我似乎无法在任何地方找到答案！我找到了一个讨论here，但尝试这个我得到了TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable：

>>> import numpy as np
>>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
>>> x, y = np.meshgrid(np.arange(10),np.arange(10))
>>> z = x + y
>>> cs = plt.contourf(x,y,z,levels=[2,3])
>>> cs.collections[0].set_label('test')
>>> plt.legend()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/pyplot.py", line 2791, in legend
    ret =  gca().legend(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/axes.py", line 4475, in legend
    self.legend_ = mlegend.Legend(self, handles, labels, **kwargs)
  File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/legend.py", line 365, in __init__
    self._init_legend_box(handles, labels)
  File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/legend.py", line 627, in _init_legend_box
    handlebox)
  File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/legend_handler.py", line 110, in __call__
    handlebox.get_transform())
  File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/legend_handler.py", line 352, in create_artists
    width, height, fontsize)
  File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/legend_handler.py", line 307, in get_sizes
    size_max = max(orig_handle.get_sizes())*legend.markerscale**2
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable

编辑：我正在寻找类似的东西：

Answer 1

您也可以直接使用轮廓线进行操作，而无需使用代理艺术家。

import matplotlib
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.cm as cm
import matplotlib.mlab as mlab
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

matplotlib.rcParams['xtick.direction'] = 'out'
matplotlib.rcParams['ytick.direction'] = 'out'

delta = 0.025
x = np.arange(-3.0, 3.0, delta)
y = np.arange(-2.0, 2.0, delta)
X, Y = np.meshgrid(x, y)
Z1 = mlab.bivariate_normal(X, Y, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0)
Z2 = mlab.bivariate_normal(X, Y, 1.5, 0.5, 1, 1)
# difference of Gaussians
Z = 10.0 * (Z2 - Z1)



# Create a simple contour plot with labels using default colors.  The
# inline argument to clabel will control whether the labels are draw
# over the line segments of the contour, removing the lines beneath
# the label
plt.figure()
CS = plt.contour(X, Y, Z)
plt.clabel(CS, inline=1, fontsize=10)
plt.title('Simplest default with labels')

labels = ['line1', 'line2','line3','line4',
           'line5', 'line6']
for i in range(len(labels)):
    CS.collections[i].set_label(labels[i])

plt.legend(loc='upper left')

将产生：

但是，您可能还希望根据自己的需要查看注释。在我看来，它会给你一个更精细的控制你在图像上的位置和内容，这里有一些注释相同的例子：

### better with annotation, more flexible
plt.figure(2)
CS = plt.contour(X, Y, Z)
plt.clabel(CS, inline=1, fontsize=10)
plt.title('Simplest default with labels')

plt.annotate('some text here',(1.4,1.6))
plt.annotate('some text there',(-2,-1.5))

Answer 2

您可以创建代理艺术家来制作图例：

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
x, y = np.meshgrid(np.arange(10),np.arange(10))
z = np.sqrt(x**2 + y**2)
cs = plt.contourf(x,y,z,levels=[2,3,4,6])

proxy = [plt.Rectangle((0,0),1,1,fc = pc.get_facecolor()[0]) 
    for pc in cs.collections]

plt.legend(proxy, ["range(2-3)", "range(3-4)", "range(4-6)"])
plt.show()

Answer 3

我有一个类似的question，但需要超越HYRY's answer。为了使软件包对用户友好，我希望ax.legend()在不要求用户传递任何句柄的情况下工作，这可以通过将标签传递给代理来实现

proxy = plt.Rectangle((0, 0), 1, 1, fc='red', label='some label')

，然后将代理添加到轴的修补程序中：

ax.patches += [proxy]

（执行ax = plt.gca()获得当前轴）

这在this answer中有更详细的描述。