My matplotlib.pyplot legend is being cut off

Question

I\'m attempting to create a plot with a legend to the side of it using matplotlib. I can see that the plot is being created, but the image bounds do not allow the entire legend

Answer 1

Here is another way of making space (shrinking an axis):

# get the current axis
ax = plt.gca()
# Shink current axis by 20%
box = ax.get_position()
ax.set_position([box.x0, box.y0, box.width * 0.8, box.height])

where 0.8 scales the width of the axis by 20%. On my win7 64 machine, using a factor greater than 1 will make room for the legend if it's outside the plot.

This code was referenced from: How to put the legend out of the plot