%matplotlib inline import numpy as np import matplotlib import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import pandas as pd print "numpy: ", np.__version__ print "pandas: ", pd.__version__ print "matplotlib: ", matplotlib.__version__ df = pd.DataFrame({'A':[1,3,2,5,4,7,6], 'B':[1,1,1,1,2,2,2]}) fig, ax = plt.subplots() df['A'].plot(ax=ax) ax.set_ylim(0,20) fig fig, ax = plt.subplots() df.boxplot('A', 'B', ax=ax) ax.set_ylim(0,20) fig