# matplotlib for windows
- http://matplotlib.org/
- `pip install matplotlib`
- `import matplotlib.pyplot as plt`

## Tutorials
- http://matplotlib.org/users/pyplot_tutorial.html

### error
- `ValueError: _getfullpathname: embedded null character`
<img src="images/windows-matplotlib-err0.webp" class="img">

### fix
- open file font_manager.py
<img src="images/windows-matplotlib-err1.webp" class="img">

- comment out and insert code
- `direc = direc.split('\0', 1)[0]`

### test
```py
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.plot([1,2,3,4])
plt.ylabel('some numbers')
plt.show()
```
- check image
<img src="images/matplotlib-basic.webp" class="img">

## ref
- troubleshooting
  - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34004063/error-on-import-matplotlib-pyplot-on-anaconda3-for-windows-10-home-64-bit-pc
- http://matplotlib.org/users/pyplot_tutorial.html