Matplotlib plots not showing in VS Code

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I am running Windows 10 and when I run a script that use matplotlib.pyplot to create a plot, no plot is created if I run in the embedded terminal (either bash or powershell) in vscode. However, the figure window is shown in my task bar but I cannot open it.

I still get a plot when I run the script in jupyter. I also get a plot window when I run the script in the 'Terminal' app. So, I figured this problem has something to do with vscode.

The code I use is really simple:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

x = [1, 1]
plt.plot(x)
plt.show()
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10 Answers

When you are plotting a graph in a script, make sure to use the following command to output the window displaying the graph.

plt.show()

By default, Jupyter outputs the graph, even when plt.show() is not explicitly called.

user_65188730

In Visual Studio Code Jupyter Notebooks you may see something like this:

enter image description here

in order to show the plot you may click on the

</>

symbol to the left and change the the mime type to image/png (Jupyter renderer).
Now the plot appears.

user_48543200

Try the latest version of matplotlib

pip install matplotlib --upgrade

This works good for me.

user_165924270

When running in the integrated terminal, I get all the generated pictures only when I put plt.show(block=True) at the end of the python file. I get none of them if this statement is omitted or when plt.show(block=False) is used. By the way plt.show(block=True) is the default.

user_44022670

Run the program in interactive window in vs code. To do so

write click on code area click on run current file in interactive window

user_196978350

Maybe you can try changing the Output Mimetype to one with an option with an image. It must be plain/text for you for that cell. You can change it for different cells from their options. enter image description here

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user_178268350

I was using conda and python 3.9.7 experienced same problem try this

pip install ipympl

if not worked I tried these command and now it works

pip install PyQt5

Note : I am new to python

user_126125100

Maybe try this:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

x = [1, 1]
rnge = range(len(x))
plt.plot(x, rnge)
plt.show()
user_194452530

Make sure you call the ipython magic command

%matplotlib inline

before trying to plot anything.

user_135416790
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