Purpose of "%matplotlib inline"
The purpose of "%matplotlib inline" in Python is to display matplotlib plots within the Jupyter notebook.
A code snippet would look like this:
%matplotlib inline
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
x = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
y = [2, 4, 6, 8, 10]
plt.plot(x, y)
plt.show()
This code first imports the matplotlib library, creates a simple plot, and then displays it in the notebook.
Alternatively, you can use %matplotlib notebook for interactive plots.