When using the RStudio IDE to run Python: Seaborn plots not working

[tomwagstaff-opml]

Hi guys,

As reported before, the Seaborn-based plots don't seem to be working in a Python 3.10 environment on my Windows machine e.g. this line from the quick start: adjusted.covars().plot(library = "seaborn", dist_type = "kde"). It doesn't throw an error, just doesn't output any plots.

Here is my session info as requested by @talgalili - hope it helps!

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Python 3.10.9 | packaged by conda-forge | (main, Jan 11 2023, 15:15:40) [MSC v.1916 64 bit (AMD64)]

[talgalili]

Thanks for the report @tomwagstaff-opml

This is very odd, since I see that your python is 3.10.9, IPython 8.9.0, and seaborn 0.11.1, which is similar to what's used by gh actions (python is 3.10.6, IPython 8.9.0, and seaborn 0.11.1): https://import-balance.org/docs/tutorials/quickstart/

So it's not clear to me why this happens for you.

@stevemandala are you able to reproduce the issue with the seaborn plots on your machine?

[stevemandala]

I gave the tutorial a run in my Windows-based jupyter instance, but I wasn't able to repro the plotting issue from jupyter; plots seemed to output as expected.

Curious if this is an issue on the balance side or with the Seaborn plotting itself. @tomwagstaff-opml Do sample Seaborn plots like the one below work for you?

import seaborn as sns
penguins = sns.load_dataset("penguins")
sns.histplot(data=penguins, x="flipper_length_mm", hue="species", multiple="stack")

[tomwagstaff-opml]

Hi @stevemandala,

Sorry for the delay in replying, I'm afraid I ran out of time to devote to this. The issue here might be that I'm using the RStudio IDE to run Python. When I ran your code I just got the description of the object on the console: <AxesSubplot: xlabel='flipper_length_mm', ylabel='Count'>

However, when I added these 2 lines:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.show()

Then your example appeared in my plot pane.

[talgalili]

Thanks Tom, that sounds like a good solution. Did you place your lines before the plot() commands or after them?

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Hi @stevemandala https://github.com/stevemandala,

Sorry for the delay in replying, I'm afraid I ran out of time to devote to this. The issue here might be that I'm using the RStudio IDE to run Python. When I ran your code I just got the description of the object on the console: <AxesSubplot: xlabel='flipper_length_mm', ylabel='Count'>

However, when I added these 2 lines:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt plt.show()

Then your example appeared in my plot pane.

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[tomwagstaff-opml]

Ahh - good question - I added my lines afterwards - but this only worked with Steve's example, didn't try it with the balance package commands

[talgalili]

@tomwagstaff-opml thanks for the report! I've updated this issue to be "When using the RStudio IDE to run Python: Seaborn plots not working".

If you get around to it, could you please try using a jupyter notebook to run the example, and see if it works fine for you there? Even if not - it's fine - I think you've given us enough input to better understand this.

To be honest - I doubt that we'll prioratize supporting RStudio's IDE in the near future. But if you or someone else would like to try and do a PR, we'd be happy to review it (and if it works, to include it back into balance)

Thanks again Tom!