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I am using IPython. Got confused that the codes can't execute if I don't add

%matplotlib

before 

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

Could someone enlighten me by explaining why the magic function call in IPython is needed for matplotlib usage?

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I believe it's needed because normally matplotlib opens additional windows for graphs using a default toolkit. The %inline lets you load graphs in the IPython notebook, instead of using an external toolkit.

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