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Would it be possible to put labels like this for all curves from 1 to 19?
It would also be nice if there are some way to put/adjust the position of labels manually for better positions.

myfunctions = {Abs[1 - 2 x], 3 - Abs[x], 1 - Abs[x]/3, 1 + x^2, 
   x^3 - 1, 5 - 2 Abs[x]/3, 1 + x, 1 - 2 x/3, 5 - x, 2 x - 5, 8 x - 5,
    1 - x - x^2, 2 - x/5, 5 - x, 3 - x^2, 6 - x^5/5, 2 + 3 x, 5 - E^x,
    ConditionalExpression[2, -3 <= x <= 1]};
Plot[myfunctions, {x, -5, 5}, PlotRange -> {Automatic, {0, 5}}, 
 GridLines -> Automatic, Frame -> True

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I tried PlotLabels -> Range[19] but the labels'positions are not good and hard to read.

Plot[myfunctions, {x, -5, 5}, PlotRange -> {Automatic, {0, 5}}, 
 GridLines -> Automatic, Frame -> True, PlotLabels -> Range[19]]

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An alternative approach: To avoid adding additional clutter with callout lines to an already crowded plot, we can place labels on the curves and interactively adjust the label positions using LocatorPane:

First construct a plot with Tooltips:

plot = Plot[Evaluate[MapIndexed[Tooltip[#, First@#2] &, myfunctions]], {x, -5,  5}, 
  ImageSize -> Large, PlotRange -> {Automatic, {0, 5}}, 
  GridLines -> Automatic, Frame -> True]

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lines = Cases[plot, {_Directive, l__Line} :> RegionUnion[l], All];
n = Length @ lines;
pos0 = RandomPoint /@ lines;
rNFs = RegionNearest /@ lines;

DynamicModule[{pts = pos0}, 
 LocatorPane[
  Dynamic[pts, (Do[pts[[i]] = rNFs[[i]] @ #[[i]], {i, 1, n}])&],
  Dynamic[Show[plot, 
    plot /. Tooltip[{d___, __Line}, tip_] :> Tooltip[{d, Disk[pts[[tip]], Offset[10]], 
     {White, Disk[pts[[tip]], Offset[8]]}, Text[Style[tip, 12], pts[[tip]]]}, tip]]], 
  Appearance -> None]]

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After interactive adjustments we get the picture above.

Note: I sure hope you are not dealing with this kind of plots too often:)

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  • $\begingroup$ That's very nice. Would it be possible to limit the movement of each label on the its responding curve only? The problem is that sometimes I don't know which curve and which corresponding label it belongs to and move the wrong place. Also the curves also move when I select it which is undesied as well. $\endgroup$
    – hana
    Mar 18, 2022 at 11:17
  • $\begingroup$ @hana,each label is already restricted to stay on the curve it belongs to (this is done by the second argument in Dynamic[pts, (Do[...])&)]). $\endgroup$
    – kglr
    Mar 18, 2022 at 11:21
  • $\begingroup$ I'm sorry I probably checked the wrong code. It works perfectly. The only problem is somehow the curve and label's color doesn't match on my different example but I think I can solve it. $\endgroup$
    – hana
    Mar 18, 2022 at 11:38
  • $\begingroup$ I wonder if you could help me test this example myfunctions = {ConditionalExpression[Abs[1 - 2 x], x >= 1 || x <= 0], ConditionalExpression[1 + x, x >= 0]}. The colors of curves and labels don't match. I think the problem is probably that the first function has two branches. Here is the image showing the problem. ibb.co/6XWK1PZ $\endgroup$
    – hana
    Mar 18, 2022 at 18:51
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    $\begingroup$ @hana, you are right about the source of the problem. I will update with a fix. $\endgroup$
    – kglr
    Mar 19, 2022 at 1:38
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You may use Callout to explicitly set a location along the curve for the label.

Below I use Scaled to set the label at the start or end of the curve. Since the curves have varying start and end points this produces a spaced out labels.

With myfunctions in OP.

Plot[
 Evaluate[
  MapIndexed[
   Callout[#, First@#2, Scaled@Mod[First@#2, 2]] &
   , myfunctions
   ]
  ]
 , {x, -5, 5}
 , PlotRange -> {Automatic, {0, 5}}
 , GridLines -> Automatic
 , Frame -> True
 ]

Mathematica graphics

Evaluate is needed to evaluate MapIndexed before the expression is passed to Plot because Plot has Attributes HoldAll.

Hope this helps.

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    $\begingroup$ Thanks, I added CalloutMarker -> "Circle" to make it more clear to distinguish between lines. Would it be possible to change the some properties of these callouts such as color, bold to make it a bit more clear? Almost all callout looks good after adding CalloutMarker -> "Circle" but the numbers 10, 14, 19 are a bit confusing. $\endgroup$
    – hana
    Mar 16, 2022 at 21:27
  • $\begingroup$ Try MapIndexed[Callout[#, Style[First@#2, 12, Bold, ColorData[97][First@#2]], Scaled@Mod[First@#2, 2], Appearance -> "Frame"] &, myfunctions] and PlotStyle -> ColorData[97]. $\endgroup$
    – Rohit Namjoshi
    Mar 16, 2022 at 22:14
  • $\begingroup$ @RohitNamjoshi that doesn't really solve the problem I mentioned above. I probably should do it manually for each curve. $\endgroup$
    – hana
    Mar 17, 2022 at 16:38
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plot = Plot[Evaluate[MapIndexed[Tooltip[#, First@#2] &, myfunctions]], {x, -5,  5}, 
  ImageSize -> Large, PlotRange -> {Automatic, {0, 5}}, 
  GridLines -> Automatic, Frame -> True];

A simpler alternative to put labels on the curves:

Post-process plot to construct a label object (disks and a text label wrapped in GraphicsGroup) for each line. Then double-click the output to move the label objects to desired locations.

SeedRandom[1]
pos0 = RandomPoint /@ Cases[plot, _Line, All];

Show[plot, 
 plot /. Tooltip[{d___, _Line}, tip_] :> Tooltip[GraphicsGroup @ 
     {d, Disk[pos0[[tip]], Offset[10]], {White, Disk[pos0[[tip]], Offset[8]]}, 
      Text[Style[tip, 12], pos0[[tip]]]}, tip]]

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Double-click on the output and drag the labels to desired locations:

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