Statsmodels: `tsa.graphics.plot_acf` generates the graph twice when using on Jupyter notebook

[ispmarin]

When using the function tsa.graphics.plot_acf on a Jupyter notebook, the graph is printed twice:

%matplotlib inline
import statsmodels.api as sm
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.style.set('ggplot')
# plots twice the same graph
sm.tsa.graphics.plot_acf(df, lags=48)
# plots only once
ax = sm.tsa.graphics.plot_acf(df, lags=48)

[josef-pkt]

the duplicate plot display is a notebook "feature", not a bug
see #1265
(I reopened 1265 as FAQ issue because it took me some time to find the related issues.)

nothing we can or want to do about it.

[pirmoradian]

Put semicolon at the end of your plot function to solve the problem.

[SwatiInd]

@pirmoradian : thanks for your suggestion.

[bashtage]

Or assign the output to a variable.

[SwatiInd]

Thanks @bashtage

[MaiMeng1204]

Put semicolon at the end of your plot function to solve the problem.

Amazing! Thanks @pirmoradian