gillespilon

import matplotlib.axes as axes


def despine(ax: axes.Axes) -> None:
    "Remove the top and right spines of a graph"
    ax.spines[["top", "right"]].set_visible(b=False)


despine(ax=ax)

gillespilon

# Add these lines after importing other modules
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
%matplotlib inline
%config InlineBackend.figure_format='svg'
# Put all of your graph code in one cell
# The last line of the cell displays the graph.
plt.show
# reference https://matplotlib.org/faq/usage_faq.html#what-is-a-backend