When to use cla(), clf() or close() for clearing a plot in matplotlib?

Question

Matplotlib offers there functions:

cla()   # Clear axis
clf()   # Clear figure
close() # Close a figure window

The documentation doesn\'t o

Answer 1

plt.cla() means clear current axis

plt.clf() means clear current figure

also, there's plt.gca() (get current axis) and plt.gcf() (get current figure)

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