Plt.show() Not Working In Spyder Ide

I am new to Python and Spyder. I am using Python 2.7.13 and Spyder 3.1.4. I cannot get plt.show() to work on my data, and cannot reproduce a simple histogram example from the web

Solution 1:

Change your IPython console graphics settings.

If you are using Spyder here are the steps:

1. Go to Tools.
2. Go to Preferences.
3. Select IPython console.
4. Go to Graphics tab.
5. Under theGraphics backend section, select Automatic as the backend type.

Then, restart your kernel.

Solution 2:

Use plt.draw() instead of plt.show(). This worked for me. Here is the reference what I found: https://github.com/spyder-ide/spyder/issues/2402