removing plot legend from a graph?

[mzimmers]

Hi - another question from a beginner:

Following the tutorial, I created a graph. The graph has a small box to its right where a legend for the various plots go. (I'd post a pic, but it looks like I'm not yet permitted to do that.)

The purpose of the graph is to plot several thousand points on a cartesian plane. I got this working (sort of) with the function PlotPoint(). When I run the program, though, the sheer number of points quickly overwhelms the capacity of this legend (and stalled the program to boot).

So: can I get rid of this legend somehow? On a side note, am I being inefficient with this approach? Would it be better to gather the points in to an array and use PlotXY instead?

Thank you.

[Wolfgang · Accepted solution]

Hi,

concerning the legend, open the respective popup panel by pressing the Legend button on the Edit Graph control panel:

 On top of this panel you will see a check box Show Legend:

This check box should do the job...

Concerning the choice of plotting functions: I wouldn't plot 1000 individual data points, but rather use PlotXY. Alternatively you can consider using a strip chart instead of  a graph, which allows you to add one data point after the other

[mzimmers]

Oh man, how did I miss that one...thanks, Wolfgang.