Save matplotlib file to a directory

Question

Here is the simple code which generates and saves a plot image in the same directory as of the code. Now, is there a way through which I can save it in directory of choice?

import matplotlib import matplotlib.pyplot as plt  fig = plt.figure() ax = fig.add_subplot(111) ax.plot(range(100))  fig.savefig('graph.png') 

Answer 1

If the directory you wish to save to is a sub-directory of your working directory, simply specify the relative path before your file name:

    fig.savefig('Sub Directory/graph.png') 

If you wish to use an absolute path, import the os module:

    import os     my_path = os.path.abspath(__file__) # Figures out the absolute path for you in case your working directory moves around.     ...     fig.savefig(my_path + '/Sub Directory/graph.png') 

If you don't want to worry about the leading slash in front of the sub-directory name, you can join paths intelligently as follows:

    import os     my_path = os.path.abspath(__file__) # Figures out the absolute path for you in case your working directory moves around.     my_file = 'graph.png'     ...     fig.savefig(os.path.join(my_path, my_file))         

Answer 2

According to the docs savefig accepts a file path, so all you need is to specify a full (or relative) path instead of a file name.