Missing styles module from matplotlib?

Question

While trying to set the "styles" module in matplotlib I get an AttributeError as below:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.styles.use("ggplot")

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#2>", line 1, in <module>
    plt.styles.use("ggplot")
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'styles'

Why is that? How can I fix it? I am using python 3 64 bit

EDIT: I get the same error using

plt.style.use("ggplot")

Ffisegydd · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-01 13:14:18Z

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The sub-package is style, not styles. The documentation can be found here. So use

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.style.use('ggplot')

answered Jan 1, 2015 at 13:14

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mickkk Over a year ago

I get this error even in the shell typing it in as the second line after the import statement. If I had used it in a script the script I would put it at the top after the import, and the program won't run past it.

mickkk Over a year ago

I am using python 3.3 64 bit, and matplotlib 1.2.0. The error is an AttributeError identical to the one in the body of the question above.

Ffisegydd Over a year ago

That's quite an old version of matplotlib. The latest version is 1.4.2. You may want to try updating to see if this fixes your issue, as I'm using 1.4.2 and can do plt.style.use('ggplot') fine.

mickkk Over a year ago

Ok, let me try this solution, thanks. I'll let you know soon.

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