No plot window in matplotlib

Question

I just installed matplotlib in Ubuntu 9.10 using the synaptic package system. However, when I try the following simple example

>>> from pylab import plot;
>>> plot([1,2,3],[1,2,3])
[<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x9aa78ec>]

I get no plot window. Any ideas on how to get the plot window to show?

Answer 1

You can type

import pylab
pylab.show()

or better, use ipython -pylab.

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Since the use of pylab is not recommended anymore, the solution would nowadays be

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

plt.plot([1,2,3])

plt.show()