; instead of plt.show code example

Example 1: python save figure

# Basic syntax:
plt.savefig("/path/to/output/directory/figure.png")

# Example usage:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.figure()
plt.plot(range(5))
plt.savefig("~/Documents/figure.png", dpi=300)

Example 2: how to save matplotlib figure to png

In [5]: plt.savefig('books_read.png')