# Error using plot function
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-using-plot-function/47743
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [October 4, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-using-plot-function/47743 "2020-10-04T18:18:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Hrishikesh\_Das](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Hrishikesh_Das)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-using-plot-function/47743/1 "2020-10-04T18:18:28Z")
I am new to Julia. I am using a 64 bit Windows 7 OS. Julia Version is 1.5.2. I installed the Plots package but I cannot use the plot function.
using Plots
x = 1:10; y = rand(10, 2)
plot(x, y)
I am getting this error.
UndefVarError: plot not defined
Stacktrace:
[1] top-level scope at In[29]:2
[2] include\_string(::Function, ::Module, ::String, ::String) at .\loading.jl:1091
[3] execute\_code(::String, ::String) at C:\Users\Administrator.julia\packages\IJulia\rWZ9e\src\execute\_request.jl:27
[4] execute\_request(::ZMQ.Socket, ::IJulia.Msg) at C:\Users\Administrator.julia\packages\IJulia\rWZ9e\src\execute\_request.jl:86
[5] #invokelatest#1 at .\essentials.jl:710 [inlined]
[6] invokelatest at .\essentials.jl:709 [inlined]
[7] eventloop(::ZMQ.Socket) at C:\Users\Administrator.julia\packages\IJulia\rWZ9e\src\eventloop.jl:8
[8] (::IJulia.var"#15#18")() at .\task.jl:356
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### Author:  [@TheLateKronos](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheLateKronos)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-using-plot-function/47743/2 "2020-10-04T18:25:14Z")
`using Plots` should import the plot function, after which you can not get that error. So that is where things go wrong at least; the Plots package is not properly loaded into your workspace
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### Author:  [@Hrishikesh\_Das](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Hrishikesh_Das)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2020, 6:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-using-plot-function/47743/3 "2020-10-04T18:27:11Z")
now I am getting this
ArgumentError: Package Plots [91a5bcdd-55d7-5caf-9e0b-520d859cae80] is required but does not seem to be installed:
- Run `Pkg.instantiate()` to install all recorded dependencies.
Stacktrace:
[1] \_require(::Base.PkgId) at .\loading.jl:999
[2] require(::Base.PkgId) at .\loading.jl:928
[3] require(::Module, ::Symbol) at .\loading.jl:923
[4] include\_string(::Function, ::Module, ::String, ::String) at .\loading.jl:1091
[5] execute\_code(::String, ::String) at C:\Users\Administrator.julia\packages\IJulia\rWZ9e\src\execute\_request.jl:27
[6] execute\_request(::ZMQ.Socket, ::IJulia.Msg) at C:\Users\Administrator.julia\packages\IJulia\rWZ9e\src\execute\_request.jl:86
[7] #invokelatest#1 at .\essentials.jl:710 [inlined]
[8] invokelatest at .\essentials.jl:709 [inlined]
[9] eventloop(::ZMQ.Socket) at C:\Users\Administrator.julia\packages\IJulia\rWZ9e\src\eventloop.jl:8
[10] (::IJulia.var"#15#18")() at .\task.jl:356
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### Author:  [@TheLateKronos](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheLateKronos)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-using-plot-function/47743/4 "2020-10-04T18:30:59Z")
Then I would reccomend doing what it says - it is generally a good idea. Make sure to run `using Pkg` first, so that you can use the function with the suggested command
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### Author:  [@Hrishikesh\_Das](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Hrishikesh_Das)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-using-plot-function/47743/5 "2020-10-04T18:33:46Z")
it still did not solve the problem
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### Author:  [@nilshg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nilshg)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2020, 8:17am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-using-plot-function/47743/6 "2020-10-05T08:17:52Z")
What happens when you start a fresh Julia session and type:
```julia
julia> using Plots
julia> plot(rand(10))
```
?
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### Author:  [@Hrishikesh\_Das](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Hrishikesh_Das)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-using-plot-function/47743/7 "2020-10-11T14:49:43Z")
It is working now. thanks