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Save matplotlib plots to multipage pdf
from matplotlib.backends.backend_pdf import PdfPages
def multipage(filename, figs=None, dpi=200):
pp = PdfPages(filename)
if figs is None:
figs = [plt.figure(n) for n in plt.get_fignums()]
for fig in figs:
try:
fig.savefig(pp, format='pdf')
except:
print('At least one of the figures could not be saved to PDF')
pp.close()
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