FIX: review comments

jklymak · jklymak · commit 08cde82773f9 · 2022-12-12T10:54:42.000-08:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/figure.py b/lib/matplotlib/figure.py
@@ -1121,12 +1121,12 @@ def legend(self, *args, **kwargs):
             # handle outside legends:
             if isinstance(loc, str):
                 if loc.split()[0] == 'outside':
-                    loc = loc.replace('outside ', '')
+                    loc = loc.split(' ', 1)[1:]
                     outside = loc.replace('center ', '')
                     outside = outside.split()[0]
                     locs = loc.split()
                     if len(locs) > 1 and locs[0] in ('right', 'left'):
-                        # locs doesn't accept "left upper", etc, so swap
+                        # loc doesn't accept "left upper", etc, so swap
                         if locs[0] != 'center':
                             locs = locs[::-1]
                         loc = locs[0] + ' ' + locs[1]
