Plots not showing in Jupyter notebook

Question

I am trying to create a 2x2 plots for Anscombe data-set

Loading Data-set and separating each class in data-set

import seaborn as sns
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

anscombe = sns.load_dataset('anscombe')

dataset_1 = anscombe[anscombe['dataset'] == 'I']
dataset_2 = anscombe[anscombe['dataset'] == 'II']
dataset_3 = anscombe[anscombe['dataset'] == 'III']
dataset_4 = anscombe[anscombe['dataset'] == 'IV']

Creating a figure and dividing into 4 parts

fig = plt.figure()

axes_1 = fig.add_subplot(2,2,1)
axes_2 = fig.add_subplot(2,2,2)
axes_3 = fig.add_subplot(2,2,3)
axes_4 = fig.add_subplot(2,2,4)

axes_1.plot(dataset_1['x'], dataset_1['y'], 'o')
axes_2.plot(dataset_2['x'], dataset_2['y'], 'o')
axes_3.plot(dataset_3['x'], dataset_3['y'], 'o')
axes_4.plot(dataset_4['x'], dataset_4['y'], 'o')

axes_1.set_title('dataset_1')
axes_2.set_title('dataset_2')
axes_3.set_title('dataset_3')
axes_4.set_title('dataset_4')

fig.suptitle('Anscombe Data')

fig.tight_layout()

The only output which i'm getting at each plot is

[<matplotlib.lines.Line2D at 0x24592c94bc8>]

What am I doing wrong?

This issue isn't reproducible. I can get your plots with exactly what you have. conda update conda and conda update --all at the conda prompt. Also, instead of jupyter notebook, type jupyter lab at the prompt. This is the newer version of jupyter and is already part of the distribution. — Trenton McKinney
– Trenton McKinney, Commented Apr 9, 2020 at 18:58
Matplotlib is currently using module://ipykernel.pylab.backend_inline, which is a non-GUI backend, so cannot show the figure. """Entry point for launching an IPython kernel — pquest
– pquest, Commented Apr 9, 2020 at 19:32

Rohan Nagavardhan · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-09 19:06:21Z

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If you are working with a Jupyter Notebook then you can add the following line to the top cell where you call all your imports. The following command will render your graph

%matplotlib inline

edited Apr 9, 2020 at 19:06

answered Apr 9, 2020 at 18:49

Rohan Nagavardhan

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Rohan Nagavardhan Over a year ago

let me try in my environment

Rohan Nagavardhan Over a year ago

Try using a colab notebook colab.research.google.com/notebooks

pquest Over a year ago

Could you please share your code...I tried it in colab as well..not working

pquest Over a year ago

Getting this warning:- Matplotlib is currently using module://ipykernel.pylab.backend_inline, which is a non-GUI backend, so cannot show the figure. """Entry point for launching an IPython kernel.

Rohan Nagavardhan Over a year ago

stackoverflow.com/questions/37365357/… Check this out

Hossein · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-09 18:55:01Z

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Add%matplotlib inline or use matplotlib.pyplot.ion()

after you imported matplotlib.

From plotting docs:

Starting with IPython 5.0 and matplotlib 2.0 you can avoid the use of IPython’s specific magic and use matplotlib.pyplot.ion()/matplotlib.pyplot.ioff() which have the advantages of working outside of IPython as well.

edited Apr 9, 2020 at 18:55

answered Apr 9, 2020 at 18:48

Hossein

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Hossein Over a year ago

restart your kernel and see if that fixed the issue . you can also remove the inline part and see if it shows up in a new window

pquest Over a year ago

Tried both still same result..no error received and plots not showing

Hossein Over a year ago

try forcing it with plt.draw() or plt.show() and see if that helps. give %matplotlib notebook a try as well .

pquest Over a year ago

Not working..Could you please check the same code in your environment and check if it is working for you

Hossein Over a year ago

just asking, you are not by any chance using the vscode ipython interactive mode are you? if you are, vscode has its own share of issues, please use Jupyter notebook. if you are using jupyter notebook, try updating it both the jupyter itself and notebook.

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Guy Osher-Lahav · Accepted Answer · 2022-03-23 15:45:09Z

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I've tried all of the above, eventually I've found out there is a conflict between matplotlib and a library called dtale. When I removed the import dtale command and restarted the kernel all was working prefectly good.

answered Mar 23, 2022 at 15:45

Guy Osher-Lahav

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Akhil Shukla · Accepted Answer · 2022-10-25 09:18:50Z

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%matplot plt

Executing this after plt.show() displayed the plots for me.
Found this here: How do I make matplotlib work in AWS EMR Jupyter notebook?

answered Oct 25, 2022 at 9:18

Akhil Shukla

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yjsa Over a year ago

this solved my issue, the other answers did not. thanks

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