I am trying to show some plots using plt.show (). i get the plots shown on the IPython console, but I need to see each figure in a new window. What can I do ?
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Please clarify. Do you want all the windows containing the plots open at the same time? Or do you just want each plot in a window rather than in the IPython console?
– Rory Daulton
I want to see each plot an a seperate window, not in the IPython console.
– ufdul
because I need to save them later on using figures=[manager.canvas.figure for manager in matplotlib._pylab_helpers.Gcf.get_all_fig_managers()] I need all the figures to be open each plot in a seperate figure window
– ufdul
3 Answers
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In your notebook, try
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
%matplotlib
Called alone like this, it should give output in a separate window. There are also several options to %matplotlib depending on your system. To see all options available to you, use
%matplotlib -l
Calling
%matplotlib inline
will draw the plots in the notebook again.
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Other option is using plt.figure:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.figure(1) # the first figure
plt.subplot(211) # the first subplot in the first figure
plt.plot([1, 2, 3])
plt.subplot(212) # the second subplot in the first figure
plt.plot([4, 5, 6])
plt.show(block=False)
plt.figure(2) # a second figure
plt.plot([4, 5, 6]) # creates a subplot(111) by default
plt.show(block=False)
plt.figure(1) # figure 1 current; subplot(212) still current
plt.subplot(211) # make subplot(211) in figure1 current
plt.title('Easy as 1, 2, 3') # subplot 211 title
plt.show(block=False)
