Graphing matplotlib with Python code in a R Markdown document

Question

Is it possible to use Python matplotlib code to draw graph in RStudio?

e.g. below Python matplotlib code:

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot         


        

Answer 1

1. install.packages('devtools') first, get install_github function
2. install_github("rstudio/reticulate") install the dev version of reticulate
3. in r markdown doc, use code below to enable the function.

```{r setup, include=FALSE}  
library(knitr)  
library(reticulate)  
knitr::knit_engines$set(python = reticulate::eng_python)  
```

Try it , you will get what you want and don't need to save any image.