# Plot Labels

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plot-labels/32019>\
**Category:** Visualization\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [December 8, 2019, 4:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plot-labels/32019 "2019-12-08T16:05:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![martingalemeasure](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/martingalemeasure/32/10022_2.png) [@martingalemeasure](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/martingalemeasure)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 4:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plot-labels/32019/1 "2019-12-08T16:05:56Z")

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When I run `plot([1,2,3], labels=["abc"])`  
The chart shows a legend with — [“abc”] instead of — abc.

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**Author:** ![findmyway](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/findmyway/32/4946_2.png) [@findmyway](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/findmyway)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plot-labels/32019/2 "2019-12-08T16:26:30Z")

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How about `plot([1,2,3], label="abc")`?

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**Author:** ![martingalemeasure](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/martingalemeasure/32/10022_2.png) [@martingalemeasure](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/martingalemeasure)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plot-labels/32019/3 "2019-12-08T18:06:36Z")

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Yes that works for one series, but my example is a simplified one. I’m really working with multiple series. e.g. `plot([1,2,3], [4,5,6], label=["abc", "def"])` gives —[“abc”, “def”]

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**Author:** ![martingalemeasure](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/martingalemeasure/32/10022_2.png) [@martingalemeasure](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/martingalemeasure)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 6:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plot-labels/32019/4 "2019-12-08T18:18:46Z")

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Ah I figured it out I need a row vector as the labels argument.

thanks for the help