How to plot on Pandas Python

Question

I have a data frame called that looks like this. It is called p1plot1:

I want to create a bar plot with the integers on the x axis and the values on the y axis. I tried using:

p1plot1.plot(kind='bar')

And got the output:

<matplotlib.axes.AxesSubplot object at 0x1fec7ca10>

How do I get an actual image file with the plot? Was I supposed to import something?

waitingkuo · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-15 06:26:55Z

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In the non-interactive mode, you need to use show to display the image

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

# plt.plot something

plt.show()

If you want to display the figure as you plot it, turn it into interactive mode

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

plt.ion()

# plt.plot something

answered Feb 15, 2014 at 6:26

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cphlewis · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-15 06:27:11Z

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Finish up with

show()

to display.

answered Feb 15, 2014 at 6:27

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cwharland · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-15 07:47:39Z

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Launch Ipython notebook with

--pylab=inline

Then all of your plots will be shown inline

answered Feb 15, 2014 at 7:47

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