%matplotlib inline syntax error

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35595766/matplotlib-line-magic-causes-syntaxerror-in-python-script Line magics are only supported by the IPython command line. You cannot use it inside a script like this because it is not correct Python syntax. If you want to do this from a script you have to get access to the IPython API and then call the  run_line_magic  function. Instead of  %matplotlib inline , you will have to do something like this in your script: from IPython import get_ipython get_ipython().run_line_magic('matplotlib', 'inline')

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Line magics are only supported by the IPython command line. You cannot use it inside a script like this because it is not correct Python syntax. If you want to do this from a script you have to get access to the IPython API and then call the  run_line_magic  function. Instead of  %matplotlib inline , you will have to do something like this in your script: from IPython import get_ipython get_ipython().run_line_magic('matplotlib', 'inline')