Matplotlib is an open-source, comprehensive library for creating static, animated, and interactive visualizations in Python. It provides a flexible and powerful interface for producing high-quality plots, making it a popular choice for data analysis and scientific computing.

Features of Matplotlib:

• Matplotlib allows users to create a wide range of plots, including line graphs, bar charts, histograms, scatter plots, and more.
• It provides an object-oriented API for embedding plots into applications using GUI toolkits like Tkinter, PyQt, and GTK.
• Matplotlib supports customization of plots, including labels, titles, legends, colors, and styles.
• It integrates seamlessly with NumPy and Pandas, making it a valuable tool for data visualization in data science.
• With interactive backends, Matplotlib enables zooming, panning, and real-time updates in plots.

To check the version, run:

 python -c "import matplotlib; print(matplotlib.__version__)" 

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