Plot not showing up in Jupyter

Question

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt %matplotlib inline fig = plt.figure()

I should get a pop up empty graph with no value but nothing shows up in jupyter just the output:

<Figure size 432x288 with 0 Axes>

Why is there no graph showing up?

I am following it from a book where apparently it pops up and while i enter ax1, ax2 and so forth the graph updates automatically. — Slartibartfast
– Slartibartfast, Commented Nov 3, 2019 at 5:05
This wouldn't work in a Jupyter notebook - only if you run this in the Python REPL. Try doing this in the Python REPL instead and you'll see that a blank figure pops up. — rayryeng
– rayryeng, Commented Nov 3, 2019 at 5:21
in the book they say: If you are in pylab mode in IPython, a new empty window should pop up. Is there a way to change this mode? — Slartibartfast
– Slartibartfast, Commented Nov 3, 2019 at 5:55

cwalvoort · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-03 13:41:46Z

Instead of %matplotlib inline, use %matplotlib notebook to have the output display within the notebook.

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt %matplotlib notebook fig = plt.figure()

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