["python","pandas","histogram"]
save a pandas.Series histogram plot to file

In ipython Notebook, first create a pandas Series object, then by calling the instance method .hist(), the browser displays the figure. I am wondering how to save this figure to a file (I mean not by right click and save as, but the commands needed in the script).
Use the Figure.savefig() method, like so: ax = s.hist() # s is an instance of Series fig = ax.get_figure() fig.savefig('/path/to/figure.pdf') It doesn't have to end in pdf, there are many options. Check out the documentation. Alternatively, you can use the pyplot interface and just call the savefig as a function to save the most recently created figure: import matplotlib.pyplot as plt s.hist() plt.savefig('path/to/figure.pdf') # saves the current figure Plots from multiple columns Added from a comment toto_tico made on 2018-05-11 If you are getting this error AttributeError: 'numpy.ndarray' object has no attribute 'get_figure', then it is likely that you are plotting multiple columns. In this case, ax will be an array of all the axes. ax = s.hist(columns=['colA', 'colB']) # try one of the following fig = ax[0].get_figure() fig = ax[0][0].get_figure() fig.savefig('figure.pdf')