How to make IPython notebook matplotlib plot inline

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I am trying to use IPython notebook on MacOS X with Python 2 7 2 and IPython 1 1 0   I cannot get matplotlib graphics to show up inline   import matplotlib import numpy as np import matplotlib pyplot as plt  matplotlib inline     I have also tried  pylab inline and the ipython command line arguments --pylab inline but this makes no difference   x   np linspace 0  3 np pi  500  plt plot x  np sin x  2   plt title  A simple chirp   plt show     Instead of inline graphics  I get this    lt matplotlib figure Figure at 0x110b9c450 gt    And matplotlib get backend   shows that I have the  module   IPython kernel zmq pylab backend inline  backend

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You can simulate this problem with a syntax mistake, however, %matplotlib inline won't resolve the issue.

First an example of the right way to create a plot. Everything works as expected with the imports and magic that eNord9 supplied.

df_randNumbers1 = pd.DataFrame(np.random.randint(0,100,size=(100, 6)), columns=list('ABCDEF'))

df_randNumbers1.ix[:,["A","B"]].plot.kde()

However, by leaving the () off the end of the plot type you receive a somewhat ambiguous non-error.

Erronious code:

df_randNumbers1.ix[:,["A","B"]].plot.kde

Example error:

<bound method FramePlotMethods.kde of <pandas.tools.plotting.FramePlotMethods object at 0x000001DDAF029588>>

Other than this one line message, there is no stack trace or other obvious reason to think you made a syntax error. The plot doesn't print.

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I had the same problem when I was running the plotting commands in separate cells in Jupyter   In  1     matplotlib inline          import matplotlib          import matplotlib pyplot as plt          import numpy as np In  2    x   np array  1  3  4            y   np array  1  5  3   In  3    fig   plt figure             lt Figure size 432x288 with 0 Axes gt                        this might be the problem In  4    ax   fig add subplot 1  1  1  In  5    ax scatter x  y  Out 5     lt matplotlib collections PathCollection at 0x12341234 gt     CAN T SEE ANY PLOT    In  6    plt show                                                 STILL CAN T SEE IT      The problem was solved by merging the plotting commands into a single cell   In  1     matplotlib inline          import matplotlib          import matplotlib pyplot as plt          import numpy as np In  2    x   np array  1  3  4            y   np array  1  5  3   In  3    fig   plt figure            ax   fig add subplot 1  1  1           ax scatter x  y  Out 3     lt matplotlib collections PathCollection at 0x12341234 gt             AND HERE APPEARS THE PLOT AS DESIRED

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I have to agree with foobarbecue  I don t have enough recs to be able to simply insert a comment under his post    It s now recommended that python notebook isn t started wit the argument --pylab  and according to Fernando Perez  creator of ipythonnb   matplotlib inline should be the initial notebook command   See here  http   nbviewer ipython org github ipython ipython blob 1 x examples notebooks Part 203 20- 20Plotting 20with 20Matplotlib ipynb

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I found a workaround that is quite satisfactory   I installed Anaconda Python and this now works out of the box for me

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I did the anaconda install but matplotlib is not plotting  It starts plotting when i did this  import matplotlib import numpy as np import matplotlib pyplot as plt  matplotlib inline

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I used  matplotlib inline in the first cell of the notebook and it works  I think you should try    matplotlib inline  import matplotlib import numpy as np import matplotlib pyplot as plt   You can also always start all your IPython kernels in inline mode by default by setting the following config options in your config files   c IPKernelApp matplotlib  lt CaselessStrEnum gt    Default  None   Choices    auto    gtk    gtk3    inline    nbagg    notebook    osx    qt    qt4    qt5    tk    wx     Configure matplotlib for interactive use with the default matplotlib backend

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If your matplotlib version is above 1 4  it is also possible to use  IPython 3 x and above   matplotlib notebook  import matplotlib pyplot as plt   older versions   matplotlib nbagg  import matplotlib pyplot as plt   Both will activate the nbagg backend  which enables interactivity

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Use the  pylab inline magic command

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Ctrl   Enter   matplotlib inline   Magic Line  D  See  Plotting with Matplotlib

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To make matplotlib inline by default in Jupyter  IPython 3     Edit file    ipython profile default ipython config py Add line c InteractiveShellApp matplotlib    inline    Please note that adding this line to ipython notebook config py would not work  Otherwise it works well with Jupyter and IPython 3 1 0

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